Pope John Paul II was famous for his globetrotting. Since assuming the papacy in 1978, John Paul II had traveled the world around, preaching a staunch conservative Catholicism: His September 1987 trip to the United States was his fourth overall visit to the nation and his second as the Pope. The official title of the ten-day trip was "Unity in the Work of Service"; it covered nine cities, including major Catholic strongholds such as Miami, San Antonio, and Los Angeles. The. pontiffs journey was greatly anticipated, especially" since American Catholics had often criticized several of the official church teachings on social issues; The Pope; born and raised in communist Poland, was unfamiliar with the concept of public dissent and came to America in some measure to put U.S. Catholics back in line. According to a Time magazine poll, 93 percent of American...