Poem: First Friday vigil

With Pope Francis' recent visit to dangerous, drug-torn cities and villages in Mexico, Joan Pendergast revisits a poem she wrote when then-Pope John Paul II underwent a similar voyage. FIRST FRIDAY VIGIL Written by Joan Pendergast March 4, 1983

With Pope Francis' recent visit to dangerous, drug-torn cities and villages in Mexico, Joan Pendergast revisits a poem she wrote when then-Pope John Paul II underwent a similar voyage. FIRST FRIDAY VIGIL Written by Joan Pendergast March 4, 1983…