We saw this pope a couple of times when he was visiting New York City in 1979. Stopped traffic all over Manhattan, and when he went down to the Battery to address a crowd in the park they literally closed the entire New York Harbor. I worked out at Ellis Island, and we could go up on the roof with binoculars and look over at the Battery to see his white figure and the crowds. And every time we went on the roof, a helicopter appeared from seemingly nowhere to keep an eye on us.

It will be a momentous event when it happens. Juxtaposed as it probably will be, between Terri Schiavo and Prince Rainier, it could be a really odd or unusual spring as far as world opinion and politics and the discussions that take place.

SRS