A look at the sites Pope Francis will visit in New York and Philadelphia, after finishing a three-day visit to Washington. The students from New Orleans are joining students from more than 40 Jesuit schools across North America for the historic event.
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“It’s been a sleepless night and an early morning, but I’m really excited about getting started and seeing our Holy Father”, said Julia Fedders, of Edinboro.
Added Cannon, “This is the first time we will experience no mail delivery and work closures”. Peter and Paul, the mother church of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, occupies a prominent spot, its green dome and Corinthian columns rising between City Hall and the art museum steps made famous by “Rocky“. But the hope they bring is not for a chance to see the Pope.
“It’s all too much”, said Philadelphia native Charles Anderson, 21, pointing to rows of newly erected gates and rows of portable toilets.
Outside of trinkets and beauty bars, a growing selection of edible pope souvenirs are popping up on bakery counters and drink menus around Philadelphia.
The Pope will be in New York Friday and will head to Philadelphia on Saturday for the weekend.
Sunny today. 83 in Center City.
“When we were thinking of gifts to give to his Holiness one of the things we thought of was what he would be doing when he comes to Philadelphia”, said Donna Crilley Farrell, executive director of the World Meeting of Families.
Instead of the wave and quick departure the Rev. Pilarz expected, Pope Francis got out and began shaking hands with the crowd.
Monsignor William Lynn, jailed for his handling of priest sexual-abuse complaints, had been housed at Curran-Fromhold, but he was moved to a state prison near Scranton shortly after the pope’s itinerary was announced.
They will take part in the “World Meeting of Families” ceremony on Friday, and the Pontiff’s mass on Sunday.
Rick Bowes was a Philadelphia police officer when he was shot in the line of duty in 2008.
“The pope’s whole message of mercy and justice is not being mirrored by the city of Philadelphia and the Secret Service here”, said Brian Jenkins, who runs Chosen 300 Ministries, a homeless advocacy group that distributes food in the area.
In his address to President Obama Wednesday, the Pope said he’s the son of an immigrant family, and that the US was “largely built by such families”.
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Pope drinks abound, but no bar seemed more obviously pope-focused than one called Pub on Passyunk East, which also goes by the acronym “P.O.P.E”.
