I'm in the wrong place, but this was just announced on the radio of Pope Paul's passing.
My heart goes out to his family and all of his Catholic family.
I admired him very much. 25 years ago when he came to the USA, he came to Iowa and attended a very small church perish where he gave a sermom in Cummings, Iowa.
Then he went to Living History Farms, Des Moines, and preached a sermon to around 400,000 in an open field.
We've closed been watching on CNN everything about Pope.
Bettyg, Iowa
Posted by fish (Member # 4096) on :
thanks betty for posting this sad news. We are Catholic and it is hard to take this news, however expected it has been. Betty were you in attendance in either place? wow. God bless his good soul.
Posted by bg (Member # 46416) on :
Fish, NO, I wasn't at either. You had to be a member of that parish to be at the small church.
Big event, hubby and I were on vacation out of state. I had done a lot of typing letters for the Iowa Dept. of Transportation about this event. My boss & Des Moines office were in charge of TRAFFIC FLOW on I-35 and getting folks to where pope would be. Thousands of hours were spent by many folks for this special occasion. Time to log off today.
Posted by Nal (Member # 6801) on :
Im sad, but I know that he is rejoicing in heaven now!!
Nancy
Posted by Kara Tyson (Member # 939) on :
As a Greek Orthodox, he was very much to be admired. He would invite our Patriarch to Rome every year.