Oct 21, 2020
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2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of St. John Paul II, who was born May 18, 1920 and died April 2, 2005. He was pope from Oct. 16, 1978 until his death.
2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of St. John Paul II, who was born May 18, 1920 and died April 2, 2005. He was pope from Oct. 16, 1978 until his death.
Cover of The Voice edition published in anticipation of the papal visit, Sept. 4, 1987.
Page from The Voice edition of Sept. 4, 1987, outlining Pope John Paul II's itinerary during his Sept. 10-11 visit to Miami.
President Ronald Reagan welcomes Pope John Paul II upon his arrival in Miami, Sept. 10, 1987.
Pope John Paul II prays at the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament after arriving in Miami and entering St. Mary Cathedral, Sept. 10, 1987.
Archbishop Edward McCarthy introduces Pastoral Center employees to Pope John Paul II during his Sept. 10-11 visit to Miami. The employees had gathered in the atrium that joins the Pastoral Center to St. Martha Church, where the pope had just met with representatives of U.S. priests. At right is then Auxiliary Bishop Norbert Dorsey.
Page from The Voice edition of Sept. 19, 1987, covering Pope John Paul II's historic meeting with President Ronald Reagan in Vizcaya.
Families wait along Biscayne Boulevard for Pope John Paul II to pass by on his popemobile after his meeting with President Ronald Reagan at Vizcaya, Sept. 10, 1987.
Archbishop Edward McCarthy accompanies Pope John Paul II during his ride along Biscayne Boulevard in the popemobile, after his meeting with President Ronald Reagan at Vizcaya.
Page from The Voice edition of Sept. 19, 1987, covering Pope John Paul II's historic meeting with representatives of the U.S. Jewish community in Miami.
Page from The Voice edition of Sept. 4, 1987, anticipating the multicultural, multilingual Mass that Pope John Paul II would celebrate in Miami a week later.
Women religious waving Cuban, Puerto Rican, Honduran and Vatican flags arrive at the Tamiami Park fairgrounds for the papal Mass, Sept. 11, 1987.
Aerial view of the Tamiami Park fairgrounds where more than 200,000 people gathered to celebrate Mass with Pope John Paul II, Sept. 11, 1987.
View of the altar erected for the papal Mass at Tamiami Park Sept. 11, 1987.
View of the altar and crowd as Pope John Paul II began his popemobile tour of the fairgrounds at Tamiami Park before celebrating Mass Sept. 11, 1987.
Pope John Paul II's visit to Miami took place Sept. 10-11, 1987. Here he tours the Tamiami Park fairgrounds with Miami's second archbishop, Edward McCarthy, before celebrating Mass for more than 150,000 people.
More than 200,000 people gathered at the Tamiami Park fairgrounds Sept. 11, 1987, to greet Pope John Paul II and celebrate Mass with him - a Mass cut short by thunder and lightening.
Archbishop Edward McCarthy accompanies Pope John Paul II as he enters Tamiami Park to celebrate Mass with a crowd that numbered more than 200,000, Sept. 11, 1987.
A woman is visibly moved after Pope John Paul II's popemobile tour through the Tamiami Park fairgrounds before celebrating Mass Sept. 11, 1987. Vatican and Cuban flags seemed to be everywhere that day.
Young people from junior high through college - and others who were young at heart - filled Pod 13 at the papal Mass, easily recognizable by their yellow "pope T-shirts" and exuberant enthusiasm.
Young people, waving flags and chanting Alleluia, embodied the enthusiasm and faith of those who attended the papal Mass at Tamiami Park.
View of the altar erected for the papal Mass at Tamiami Park Sept. 11, 1987. Young people holding banners in the foreground signaled the places where priests stood to hear confessions, and would have stood to distribute Communion had the Mass not been interrupted by thunder and lightning.
Miami seminarians lead the procession to the papal altar at the start of the Mass with Pope John Paul II, Sept. 11, 1987. In the foreground is Michael Souckar, followed, from left, by Oscar Brantome and Kenneth Schwanger.
Pope John Paul II greets the crowd at Tamiami Park as he ascends to the top of the massive altar created just for the Sept. 11, 1987 Mass.
Pope John Paul II greets the crowd at Tamiami Park as he ascends to the top of the massive altar created just for the Sept. 11, 1987 Mass.
Pope John Paul II greets the crowd at Tamiami Park as he ascends to the top of the massive altar created just for the Sept. 11, 1987 Mass.
An aide holds an umbrella to shield Pope John Paul II from the rain during the Mass at Tamiami Park, Sept. 11, 1987.
Young people in Pod 13 - the youth pod - shield themselves from the rain, thunder and lightning that put a premature end to the Mass with Pope John Paul II, Sept. 11, 1987, at the Tamiami Park fairgrounds.
Cover of The Voice edition published after the papal visit, Sept. 19, 1987.
Images from the papal Mass at Tamiami Park, Sept. 11, 1987, as covered by the archdiocesan newspaper, The Voice.
Images from the papal Mass at Tamiami Park, Sept. 11, 1987, as covered by the archdiocesan newspaper, The Voice.
Pope John Paul II prays during the Sept. 11, 1987 Mass at the Tamiami Park fairgrounds.
Cover of The Voice edition published in anticipation of the papal visit, Sept. 4, 1987.
Page from The Voice edition of Sept. 4, 1987, outlining Pope John Paul II's itinerary during his Sept. 10-11 visit to Miami.
President Ronald Reagan welcomes Pope John Paul II upon his arrival in Miami, Sept. 10, 1987.
Pope John Paul II prays at the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament after arriving in Miami and entering St. Mary Cathedral, Sept. 10, 1987.
Archbishop Edward McCarthy introduces Pastoral Center employees to Pope John Paul II during his Sept. 10-11 visit to Miami. The employees had gathered in the atrium that joins the Pastoral Center to St. Martha Church, where the pope had just met with representatives of U.S. priests. At right is then Auxiliary Bishop Norbert Dorsey.
Page from The Voice edition of Sept. 19, 1987, covering Pope John Paul II's historic meeting with President Ronald Reagan in Vizcaya.
Families wait along Biscayne Boulevard for Pope John Paul II to pass by on his popemobile after his meeting with President Ronald Reagan at Vizcaya, Sept. 10, 1987.
Archbishop Edward McCarthy accompanies Pope John Paul II during his ride along Biscayne Boulevard in the popemobile, after his meeting with President Ronald Reagan at Vizcaya.
Page from The Voice edition of Sept. 19, 1987, covering Pope John Paul II's historic meeting with representatives of the U.S. Jewish community in Miami.
Page from The Voice edition of Sept. 4, 1987, anticipating the multicultural, multilingual Mass that Pope John Paul II would celebrate in Miami a week later.
Women religious waving Cuban, Puerto Rican, Honduran and Vatican flags arrive at the Tamiami Park fairgrounds for the papal Mass, Sept. 11, 1987.
Aerial view of the Tamiami Park fairgrounds where more than 200,000 people gathered to celebrate Mass with Pope John Paul II, Sept. 11, 1987.
View of the altar erected for the papal Mass at Tamiami Park Sept. 11, 1987.
View of the altar and crowd as Pope John Paul II began his popemobile tour of the fairgrounds at Tamiami Park before celebrating Mass Sept. 11, 1987.
Pope John Paul II's visit to Miami took place Sept. 10-11, 1987. Here he tours the Tamiami Park fairgrounds with Miami's second archbishop, Edward McCarthy, before celebrating Mass for more than 150,000 people.
More than 200,000 people gathered at the Tamiami Park fairgrounds Sept. 11, 1987, to greet Pope John Paul II and celebrate Mass with him - a Mass cut short by thunder and lightening.
Archbishop Edward McCarthy accompanies Pope John Paul II as he enters Tamiami Park to celebrate Mass with a crowd that numbered more than 200,000, Sept. 11, 1987.
A woman is visibly moved after Pope John Paul II's popemobile tour through the Tamiami Park fairgrounds before celebrating Mass Sept. 11, 1987. Vatican and Cuban flags seemed to be everywhere that day.
Young people from junior high through college - and others who were young at heart - filled Pod 13 at the papal Mass, easily recognizable by their yellow "pope T-shirts" and exuberant enthusiasm.
Young people, waving flags and chanting Alleluia, embodied the enthusiasm and faith of those who attended the papal Mass at Tamiami Park.
View of the altar erected for the papal Mass at Tamiami Park Sept. 11, 1987. Young people holding banners in the foreground signaled the places where priests stood to hear confessions, and would have stood to distribute Communion had the Mass not been interrupted by thunder and lightning.
Miami seminarians lead the procession to the papal altar at the start of the Mass with Pope John Paul II, Sept. 11, 1987. In the foreground is Michael Souckar, followed, from left, by Oscar Brantome and Kenneth Schwanger.
Pope John Paul II greets the crowd at Tamiami Park as he ascends to the top of the massive altar created just for the Sept. 11, 1987 Mass.
Pope John Paul II greets the crowd at Tamiami Park as he ascends to the top of the massive altar created just for the Sept. 11, 1987 Mass.
Pope John Paul II greets the crowd at Tamiami Park as he ascends to the top of the massive altar created just for the Sept. 11, 1987 Mass.
An aide holds an umbrella to shield Pope John Paul II from the rain during the Mass at Tamiami Park, Sept. 11, 1987.
Young people in Pod 13 - the youth pod - shield themselves from the rain, thunder and lightning that put a premature end to the Mass with Pope John Paul II, Sept. 11, 1987, at the Tamiami Park fairgrounds.
Cover of The Voice edition published after the papal visit, Sept. 19, 1987.
Images from the papal Mass at Tamiami Park, Sept. 11, 1987, as covered by the archdiocesan newspaper, The Voice.
Images from the papal Mass at Tamiami Park, Sept. 11, 1987, as covered by the archdiocesan newspaper, The Voice.
Pope John Paul II prays during the Sept. 11, 1987 Mass at the Tamiami Park fairgrounds.
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