{"id":2306,"date":"2008-02-19T08:57:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-19T08:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/02\/i-got-a-peek-at-the-pope.html"},"modified":"2008-02-19T08:57:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-19T08:57:00","slug":"i-got-a-peek-at-the-pope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/02\/i-got-a-peek-at-the-pope.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I got a peek at the pope&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When John Paul made his first visit to these shores, in 1979, I was a &#8220;marshall&#8221; on the Washington mall &#8212; an usher, really, bused in with my parish &#8212; and vendors were selling tee shirts with that cute saying printed on the front.   I imagine we&#8217;ll be seeing more like that when his successor hits the ground in April. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/R7riH3v9K7I\/AAAAAAAACAI\/U6lUGnWgWuI\/s1600-h\/popeblog.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/R7riH3v9K7I\/AAAAAAAACAI\/U6lUGnWgWuI\/s320\/popeblog.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>To get a jump on things, the Washington Times has started a blog on all things papal.  You can drop by <a href=\"http:\/\/video1.washingtontimes.com\/papalvisit\/\">right here<\/a> and catch up on all the plans and the latest itinerary.   And to all those who have been dropping me e-mails: no.  I don&#8217;t have extra tickets.  The best advice I can give you to try and get a ticket is to pray. <\/p>\n<p>As a backup, though, you might visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanpapist.com\/2008\/01\/amp-tip-how-to-get-tickets-to-see-pope.html\">this website, &#8220;American Papist,&#8221;<\/a> which seems to have the latest poop on the pope. <\/p>\n<p>Good luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When John Paul made his first visit to these shores, in 1979, I was a &#8220;marshall&#8221; on the Washington mall &#8212; an usher, really, bused in with my parish &#8212; and vendors were selling tee shirts with that cute saying printed on the front. 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