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My wife found, in her memory box, a supplement commemorating his historic visit to Philadelphia October 3rd and 4th, 1979. You can find our special gallery of the event here.

Update: Please note the changed address for the gallery and update your links. Thanks.

KYW1060: City Councilman Frank Rizzo remembers vividly October 1979, when his father, then Mayor, greeted the Pope at the airport.

You can see a powerful photograph of that moment, when Mayor Frank Rizzo welcomed Pope John Paul II to Philadelphia here, in our photo gallery of the Pope's visit in 1979.

phillyBurbs.com: A time for reflection begins.

The Smedley log: Pope John Paul II

The Philadelphia Inquirer: He Changed the World

Billmon: Shoes of the Fisherman

peskyapostrophe: The once and future king

The Rittenhouse Review: Requiescat in Pacem

Suburban Guerrilla: bye bye

iFlipFlop: Requiescat in pace.

pstupidonymous: This Pontiff will be missed.

Eschaton: A.C.

Read the story in in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

The Inquirer has also put up a a slideshow from his 1979 visit.

Here is a short animation on how Papal elections are done. via pstupidonymous.

October 3rd and 4th, 1979, Pope John Paul II visited Philadelphia.

October 3rd and 4th, 1979, Pope John Paul II visited Philadelphia.

October 3rd and 4th, 1979, Pope John Paul II visited Philadelphia.

October 3rd and 4th, 1979, Pope John Paul II visited Philadelphia.

October 3rd and 4th, 1979, Pope John Paul II visited Philadelphia.

October 3rd and 4th, 1979, Pope John Paul II visited Philadelphia.

October 3rd and 4th, 1979, Pope John Paul II visited Philadelphia.

October 3rd and 4th, 1979, Pope John Paul II visited Philadelphia.

October 3rd and 4th, 1979, Pope John Paul II visited Philadelphia.

October 3rd and 4th, 1979, Pope John Paul II visited Philadelphia.

October 3rd and 4th, 1979, Pope John Paul II visited Philadelphia.