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THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER |

POPE JOHN Paul II arrived on the Lower
Mainland Tuesday, amid nearly flawless weather
and to few of the organizational problems ex-
pected to go with an open-air mass at the Ab-

botsford Airport.

It was a special day for
Catholics and non-Catholics
alike with as many as
200,000 people, fewer than
were expected, gathered for
the event, one of the last on
the Pope’s 12-day visit to
Canada.

While the Pope has dealt
with such moral issues as
unemployment and = Third
World poverty in other

homilies delivered in
Canada, his Abbotsford
sermon concentrated on
religion.

“To all who did accept
Him, He gave power to

become children of God,”’
Pope John Paul II told the

Abbotsford crowd. ‘*Here is
the most magnificent, the
most profound pitt of the

heart of Jesus that we find in
creation, man born of God,
man adopted as a son in the
Eternal Son, humanity given

the power to become
children of Grod "’
karher ain his address,

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MARK HAMILTO

Pope John Paul II offered
his ‘‘deep respect and frater-

Coming up
in the News

AS WELL as today's
coverage of Pope John Paul
II's Abbotsford mass, the
News will present a special
look at the Papal Visit in the
Friday and Sunday edition.

Friday, we will have a sev-
eral articles dealing with the
mass, the Pope's special
event at B.C. Place and what
it has meant to North Shore
Catholics.

In Sunday's edition, we
will publish full-color
photographs of the Papal
events.

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nal love’’ to those gathered
for the mass.

‘tl am deeply pleased that
my visit to Canada has taken
me to the city of Van-
couver,’’ Pope John Paul I}

said, calling B.C. ‘‘truly a
land of splendor without
diminishment’’.

“Of greater importance

(than the physical resources
of B.C.) are you, the people
of this region,’” he said. ‘‘It is
here that you live and work,
striving to build a suitable
human habitat and a just
society. It is here that you
struggle to solve the social
problems that have become
so much a part of the fabric
of life in these parts It is here
that you continue your search
tor God and for the full
meaning of human life amid
the struggle between good
and evil."’

The crowd on hand for
the mass was enthusiastic in
ity response to the Pope,
with the majority visibly
moved by the ceremony

The 90-minute mass was
followed by a. procession
through the streets of Van
couver and a special event al
B © Place Tuesday night

NEWS photo Stuart Davis