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
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