I took this photo in Fatima, Portugal, in 2004. He was born in 1920...ordained priest in 1946...ordained bishop in 1958...created cardinal in 1967...elected to the throne of Peter in 1978...and I was there when he died in 2005. The moment his passing was announced to the throng, a collective moan was heard.
In 1999 when I met him in his private library in the Palazzo Apostolico Vaticano, with a twinkle in his eye, he looked at me and exclaimed, "Happy new year!" As I wept, I was not able to respond as he asked me more than once, "Where are you from?"
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