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The story behind a 'Miracle' photo
Philadelphia Inquirer Blog ^ | 04/22/2015 | Tom Gralish,

Posted on 09/12/2015 8:23:20 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen

--SNIP-- Jim Murray, cofounder of the Ronald McDonald House, and at the time the Eagles' general manager. Murray was so devoted a Catholic that he had named his newborn son John Paul, and brought the infant to Logan Circle where the pope celebrated a Mass. More than a million people were jamming the Ben Franklin Parkway, but as the pope walked in the procession from the Cathedral to the circle right in front of them. A family friend priest held up the child, the pope noticed him and amazingly turned, placed his hand on the child's head, and blessed him - a moment captured in a photo that soon appeared on national television, and that even today can be found in Catholic homes. Murray called it the "McMiracle." Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-on-the-road/The-story-behind-a-Miracle-photo.html#ZDYxOMKcvRWAqHvc.99

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1 posted on 09/12/2015 8:23:20 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
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To: Albion Wilde; Tribune7; TAdams8591; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; wireman; Mr. Binnacle; brityank; ...
**** Philly Metro Ping ****



2 posted on 09/12/2015 8:26:20 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: Kid Shelleen

John Paul II...
What an amazing man. I’m about to convert from The Church to Lutheran Missouri Synod, but there will always be a photo of John Paul II in my house.


3 posted on 09/12/2015 8:27:05 AM PDT by Artemis Webb (Teddy Roosevelt 2016.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

I do not envy the people of Philadelphia for the upcoming Papal visit. It is going to be a madhouse.


4 posted on 09/12/2015 8:27:15 AM PDT by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Artemis Webb

John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, Maggie Thatcher

Because of them, eastern Europe is free, for now, anyway.
It will take another such group to keep them free. Unfortunately, I see no such group on the horizon.


5 posted on 09/12/2015 8:33:27 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: USNBandit
Sometimes the added security and traffic control that come with a dignitary's visit outweigh any negative mob factors.

6 posted on 09/12/2015 8:36:21 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: Artemis Webb

He was amazing.


7 posted on 09/12/2015 8:48:46 AM PDT by machogirl
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To: Leaning Right
John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, Maggie Thatcher



8 posted on 09/12/2015 8:54:08 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Servant of the Cross

That’s a pretty awesome statue.


9 posted on 09/12/2015 8:56:22 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Servant of the Cross

Nice photos. Where is that statue?


10 posted on 09/12/2015 8:56:53 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right
Gdansk, Poland
11 posted on 09/12/2015 9:01:18 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Sacajaweau
"Reagan should have a monument in every city ... (in the world) ... Lech Walesa
12 posted on 09/12/2015 9:04:22 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Servant of the Cross
Thanks for the link. Side story:

Shortly after the Berlin Wall fell, someone at the school where I work put up a picture of Ronald Reagan talking with John Paul II. The picture was posted on the faculty lounge bulletin board. For historical reasons, of course.

Well, that offended someone else, who took the picture down. But the original poster had made many copies of that picture. So when one was torn down, another one was put up. Eventually the offended party gave up and the picture remained.

I wonder who that original poster was? :)

13 posted on 09/12/2015 9:19:03 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right

Well done! It is good to hear that conservatives are still in education. It must get lonely and exhausting, often. Keep up the good fight!


14 posted on 09/12/2015 9:24:20 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Love that picture !!! Thanks for sharing ..


15 posted on 09/12/2015 9:36:39 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: Servant of the Cross
It is good to hear that conservatives are still in education.

I think the number of conservatives at my school (an inner-city high school) pretty much mirrors the amount in the general public.

During the 2008 elections a group of teachers at my school even carpooled to go hear Palin speak at a rally!

But I must note that you won't see many conservatives in the union leadership, or among the school administrators. And that's where the real power is.

16 posted on 09/12/2015 9:51:52 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Servant of the Cross

I never saw that statue. Thank you for the pictures and the information about the statue.


17 posted on 09/12/2015 11:00:42 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Cecil the Lion says, Stop the Slaughter of the Baby Humans!!!)
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To: Kid Shelleen


18 posted on 09/12/2015 12:44:19 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (If you can't make a deal with a politician, you can't make a deal. --Donald Trump)
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To: Servant of the Cross
God this makes me sad how far we fallen from those days
19 posted on 09/12/2015 1:20:10 PM PDT by tophat9000 (King G(OP)eorge III has no idea why the Americans Patriots are in rebellion... teach him why)
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To: Servant of the Cross

I remember the eulogy that President Bush delivered at President Reagan’s funeral: “In the last decade of his life Ronald Reagan saw through a glass darkly. Now he stands face to face with his Savior.”

I burst into tears when I heard that.


20 posted on 09/12/2015 5:08:49 PM PDT by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all anti-semites.)
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