If only I could swing a trip to NYC for this Sunday's mass. I would love to attend mass celebrated by the Pope.
As for pope's, I do remember JP II as THE pope for SO LONG, but in retrospect, it was difficult to watch his body degenerate, especially after his vibrancy in his youth back when he first became pontiff. I barely remember John Paul I, but I do remember the shock of his death. I still remember, though those memories are fuzzy, of Paul VI.