Published on
May 7, 2025
I learned to love the last three popes. I look forward to embracing the next one, too.
When St. John Paul II died, I built an elaborate shrine for him by the entrance of the Jesuit house of studies in the Bronx, where I was living. He was the only pope I had ever known. As a child, I tried to imitate the way he spoke—with that beautiful, …
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America Magazine
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