How Iowa officials prepared for the papal visit in 1979

DES MOINES, Iowa — It was official. Pope John Paul II was coming to Iowa. All officials had to do next was figure out how to host an outdoor mass at Living History Farms for about 350,000 people. Hear about how the plan unfolded from the Des Moines Diocese and the others involved.


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