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Missouri History Today January 27, 1999: Pope John Paul II Celebrates Mass With Thousands In St Louis

by Missouri Life

Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass in St. Louis with nearly 100,000 people looking on. Hundreds of ministers distributed communion, according to a history at PapalArtifacts.com. The pope is pictured here during a June 1983 vsit to Poland.

Photo credit: Bernard Gotfryd via Library of Congress