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Originally posted by The1calledTKE
This is a pic I keep and always will keep in my apartment. It was when my parents went on a church trip to Rome and the Vatican. They actually saw the pope in person. I wish I could have gone but I was still in college back then.
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A very nice picture, indeed.
I dragged out a special that we did during World Youth Day in Denver -- and when it ended and I stopped the machine, it was on NBC News and I learned the Pope has died.
I have seen some of the video from "my" venue which was the Prayer Vigil and Papal Mass at Cherry Creek State Park on network and local coverage.
I am a Presbyterian, and have directed just about everything you can imagine when it comes to news -- I just can't explain how directing that world pool feed affected me. Words fail me, but the man's presence was remarkable.
At times during the broadcast, I was nearly speechless -- which is not such a great thing for the director. After the Mass, I went to the pool operations control room, and the executive producer asked me if I realized that I was whispering at times. I did. He was just mesmerizing.