As rumored, Pope Francis will likely make a trip to New York as well as Washington, D.C.
Newsday has the scoop, quoting Joe Zwilling, Director of Communications for the Archdiocese.of New York.
Zwilling said a visit to New York makes sense for a number of reasons. This year is the 50th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s address to the United Nations in 1965, when he was the first pope to visit the United States.
One of the more exciting things in this story is that Pope Francis may be making a trip to Fordham, my alma mater. Some have said that the Pope wants to visit some areas where people struggle with poverty. The Bronx is certainly an area where poverty is evident and I spent a good deal of time at POTS, the Fordham soup kitchen called Part of the Solution which serves many of the hungry in the borough.
So pack your bags. I’m planning to try to be there.
