Religion: Get Ready, The Pope Is Coming

Logistics, protests and a gaudy array of gewgaws

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And, of course, there must be lawyers. American Civil Liberties Union attorneys complained about a plan to erect a 100-ft.-high cross at the state- owned Tamiami Park for a papal Mass in Miami. Under a compromise agreement, Catholic officials will cover the cross with black fabric until the day of the actual event. Finally, no one would know anything about the whole undertaking without the media. More than 16,000 members of the press have been accredited. Spann says they have all requested a personal interview with the Pope.

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