The Pope in New York
On his first evening in New York City, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI received a special nighttime tour of the New Yankee Stadium, now under construction adjacent to the site of the House that Ruth built (that’s Babe, not the Jewish Matriarch).
He was personally greeted by Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, who attempted to slip the Pope a pair of 2008 World Series tickets in hopes of obtaining a Plenary Indulgence at the moment of death. Instead, he received a copy of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and a chuckle.
Pope Benedict, sometime affectionately called “Big Papi”, then dug a hole in the turf beneath the future third base and placed a small object therein before covering it and extending what was believed to be a special Papal Blessing.
When asked what exactly he had left behind, the Pope simply replied, “All things shall be revealed in the fullness of time,” with a decided twinkle in his eye.
