PHOTO ESSAY: PREPARING FOR THE POPE
By Catholic News Service 9/22/2015
POPE FRANCIS FIGURINES ARE SEEN IN A WINDOW DISPLAY AT A STORE ALONG A STREET IN PHILADELPHIA AUG. 27. THE POPE WILL VISIT PHILADELPHIA DURING HIS SEPT. 22-27 VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES. (CNS PHOTO/BOB ROLLER)
BISHOP CHRISTOPHER J. COYNE OF BURLINGTON, VT., LOOKS AT A PROGRAM DURING A JULY 9 MEDIA TOUR IN PHILADELPHIA FOR POPE FRANCIS' TRIP TO THE U.S. IN SEPTEMBER. (CNS PHOTO/BOB ROLLER)
MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA GATHER NEAR THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART ALONG BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PARKWAY IN PHILADELPHIA DURING A JULY 9 PREVIEW TOUR FOR POPE FRANCIS' TRIP TO THE U.S. IN SEPTEMBER. (CNS PHOTO/BOB ROLLER)
MESSAGE BOARD SEEN SEPT. 9 OUTSIDE ST. PAUL SCHOOL IN NEW YORK CITY'S EAST HARLEM COMMUNITY. SIX OF THE SCHOOL'S STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO MEET POPE FRANCIS WHEN HE VISITS THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ON SEPT. 25. (CNS PHOTO/GREGORY A. SHEMITZ)
Pope Paul VI's address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York City in 1965 is depicted in a stained-glass window at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston, N.Y. Oct. 4 will mark the 50th anniversary of the speech. Pope Francis will address the General Assembly Sept. 25. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
SEMINARIANS ANDREW TSUI, LEFT, AND ANTHONY GIACONA SPIN A DRUM BARREL FILLED WITH COLLECTION ENVELOPES AS SACRISTAN JULIO BATISTA LOOKS ON FOLLOWING MASS AT ST. JOHN-VISITATION CHURCH IN THE BRONX BOROUGH OF NEW YORK SEPT. 13. A SPECIAL DRAWING WAS USED TO SELECT PARISHIONERS WHO WILL RECEIVE TICKETS TO POPE FRANCIS' MASS AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN NEW YORK CITY SEPT. 25. (CNS PHOTO/GREGORY A. SHEMITZ)
WORKERS ASSEMBLE A STAGE SEPT. 14 WHERE POPE FRANCIS WILL CELEBRATE MASS OUTSIDE THE BASILICA OF THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION IN WASHINGTON SEPT. 23. (CNS PHOTO/BOB ROLLER)
A MAN SELLS T-SHIRTS WITH POPE FRANCIS' PICTURE SEPT. 14 OUTSIDE THE BASILICA OF THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION IN WASHINGTON WHERE POPE FRANCIS WILL CELEBRATE MASS SEPT. 23. (CNS PHOTO/BOB ROLLER)
THE U.S. FLAG FLIES IN FRONT OF A MURAL OF POPE FRANCIS IN NEW YORK CITY, AUGUST 28. POPE FRANCIS' 10TH FOREIGN TRIP WILL BE THE LONGEST OF HIS PONTIFICATE AND, WITH STOPS IN CUBA, THREE U.S. CITIES AND THE UNITED NATIONS, IT ALSO WILL BE A "VERY COMPLEX TRIP," THE PAPAL SPOKESMAN SAID. (CNS PHOTO/BRENDAN MCDERMID, REUTERS)
The people of Washington D.C., Philadelphia and New York City have been preparing for months for Pope Francis’s visit to the United States. Today is the day he is scheduled to arrive.
This photo essay shares the excitement, planning and preparation for this historic visit.
