What Did the Pope Say and What Did We Hear?

Bishop Murphy dedicates his weekly Montana Catholic Register “Reflections” column to the key messages Pope John Paul II shared with all Catholics during his recent visit to the United States. In his view, “More than anything else, it seems, the Holy Father reminded us that we are members of a Church that spans a world; that we share a worship and belief with millions of other people; that we live out our faith not in the isolation of our parishes or individual dioceses, but in relationship to a universal Catholic Church.”