NEW YORK
New York Daily News
BY NICOLE HENSLEY
After months of building speculation, Catholic leaders with the New York Archdiocese would be stunned if Pope Francis chose not to visit the Big Apple this year.
While no official word has come down from the Vatican, internal chatter at the archdiocese expects a visit during September’s trip to Philly’s World Meeting on Families.
“We can’t really go beyond our strong sense that he will come to New York,” diocese spokesman Joe Zwilling told the Daily News, but adding it would be a “much bigger shock if he was not coming at this point.”
The signs that suggest Pope Francis’ visit — that could also include Washington D.C. — are there.
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