Progressives and conservatives are in a rare unity welcoming Pope Francis to the US,but anti-Catholicism was rampant before John F Kennedy was president Congress and the United Nations rolling out their red carpets, nuns working overtime to bake communion hosts, or prison inmates carving a walnut throne,tickets for events snapped up in seconds: America is gearing up for pope-mania.
Pope Francis is expected to be greeted with enormous crowds and across-the-board reverence when he tours Washington, unique York and Philadelphia during his first visit as pontiff to the United States.
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Source: theguardian.com