Pope Francis held a “virtual town hall” with Catholics in Chicago, Los Angeles and McAllen, Texas, in advance of his Sept. 22-27 visit to the U.S. The town hall was arranged by ABC News, which will air an hour-long version of its “20/20” newsmagazine called “Pope Francis & the People,” Sept. 4.
Members of the 90-voice Archdiocesan Papal Mass Choir rehearse at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church in Hyattsville, Md.
House members voted July 28 to limit the number of people allowed in the House Chamber Sept. 24 when Pope Francis addresses a joint meeting of Congress.
North of New York, in two workshops 26 miles apart, teams of unlikely craftsmen are creating the altar, ambo and presider’s chair Pope Francis will use when he celebrates Mass at Madison Square Garden Sept. 25.
More than a month before Pope Francis was scheduled to arrive in the United States, his ride landed on U.S. shores.
Being called to the principal’s office in the middle of the summer turned out to be a good thing for 24 youngsters from four Catholic elementary schools in Harlem. The students learned they will represent their schools when Pope Francis visits Our Lady Queen of Angels School in East Harlem on Sept. 25.
When Pope Francis approaches the Catholic Charities building in downtown Washington during his U.S. visit in September, he will encounter a “homeless person” covered in a blanket laying on a park bench.
Pope Francis will arrive in the U.S. in September at the close of what could be called the “summer of immigration.”
Prior to the ordination liturgy of our two new auxiliary bishops, Cardinal Timothy Dolan was asked by one of our stalwart producers from NET-TV what he thought Pope Francis would be speaking about during his visit to the U.S. in September. The cardinal simply replied with one word: “Jesus.”
Before arriving in the U.S. in September, Pope Francis said, he will study American criticisms of his critiques of the global economy and finance.
