This is a Christmas present to everyone. It is a previously unpublished photo of Blessed Pope John Paul II on his first trip to America in 1979.

My aunt, Sr. Martha, was able to attend one of the indoor Mass's the Pope celebrated. She and the other nuns were positioned so that the Pope was literally 10 feet away when he entered the Church.

That's when she took this photo.

I tried to clean it up a bit, it was an old print I scanned in, but I hope people will like it.