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It was one of the most popular attractions at the Fair. The Pieta, on loan from Rome, was dramatically displayed in a darkened room with Gregorian chants playing softly in the background.

Thursday Septem(DEBBIE EGAN-CHIN/DAILY NEWS) 'Sandra Lee and the governor were extremely grateful for his kindness,' a Cuomo aide. Pope Paul paid a visit to an old friend, Michelangelo’s famous statue the Pieta, in the Vatican Pavilion. Pope Francis arrives in New York at JFK airport. Crowds estimated at 600,000 lined the streets despite the icy winds to wave and cheer as the Pope’s motorcade drove 11 miles through Queens to the World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows. 1 2 He visited six continents, and was the most-travelled pope in history to that time. Patrick’s Cathedral, and mass at Madison Square Garden among other places. 24-28 and will hold services at the 9/11 memorial, St. And to a country embroiled in the Vietnam War, Pope Paul preached a 15-minute homily on peace, telling the crowds that “Politics do not suffice to sustain a durable peace.” Another item on the pontiff’s schedule was a visit to our borough. The list of pastoral visits of Pope Paul VI details the travels of the first pope to leave Italy since 1809, 1 2 representing the first ever papal pilgrimage to the Holy Land 3 and the first papal visit to the Americas, Africa, Oceania, and Asia. NEW YORK Pope Francis will be visiting New York City from Sept. Pope Francis made his first visit to the United States in September 2015, meeting followers and dignitaries in Washington, New York and Philadelphia.

4, 1965 the pope said mass at Yankee Stadium to an audience of 90,000 people. Pope Paul VI, perhaps the world’s most famous individual, was the first pope ever to visit the United States. In conjunction with the Greater Astoria Historical Society, the Times/Ledger newspaper presents noteworthy events in the borough’s history. A film by artist Naomi Shohan about the visit of Pope John Paul II to a youth rally in Madison Square Garden, New York, in 1979. By the Greater Astoria Historical Society