Anyone who wants to understand the message Pope Francis will bring to the United States should visit the Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Detroit. In one classroom is a photograph of the pope sending a dove aloft; in the art room, a picture of a smiling Francis with a lamb draped across his shoulders; in the Spanish-language room, an image of him sporting a sombrero. Alongside these informal snaps is one formal portrait.
The photographs weren’t collected by the staff or students. They were sent by the pope himself, in apology for not being able to include the school in his recent “virtual audience” with people in three American cities ahead of his arrival in Washington on Tuesday. The images offer a clue to his priorities in his approaching visit to the United States.
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