All the networks—including cable—were ready and willing to report on this first trip of the pope to America.
Joseph McAuley
Joseph McAuley is an assistant editor of America.
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Prayers for Pope Francis upon his arrival to the United States
Pope Francis will see a nation, a people and a culture he has heard much about, but has not known, until now.
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The solemn handshake between JFK and Pope Paul VI
Would JFK adhere to traditional practice, whereby Catholics kneel, grasp the pope’s right hand, and kiss the papal ring, which is the physical symbol of the Petrine office?
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When a pope met a First Lady: ‘Ah, Jacqueline!’
With all of the issues a modern pope must deal with, it seemed that the matter of how to address a president’s wife was a trivial concern, but it wasn’t.
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When Pope John and Ike Laughed It Up in the Vatican
When Pope John would finally get to meet with President Eisenhower, there would be no doubt that he could regale the former general of the “exploits” of the former army chaplain.
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Remembering a schoolmate who died a hero on September 11
The boy I knew so long ago in grammar and high school had died a martyr, an American hero.
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When presidents and popes meet: Woodrow Wilson and Benedict XV
No two men could have been more different: one was a pope and successor of St. Peter, the other, a political science professor turned politician president.
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Praying for God’s creatures, great and small
Pope Francis has declared Sept. 1 The World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.
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The woman who couldn’t shake off 9/11’s dust
Not many people would have known who she was, but if you remember a particularly searing image from the tragic time of September 11, 2001, you would.
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Jimmy Carter’s Humble Walk with God
Jimmy Carter is now about to embark on another journey. It is one which will require everything that he has; but because of faith, he believes he is ready for it.