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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