[NEWS] Pope passes on Sister Mary's Knotted Grotto
From the Philadelphia Inquirer:Â
Was Pope Francis still inside the basilica? Sister Mary Scullion of Philadelphia wasn't sure. The Mass had ended. She had gotten a ticket at the last minute, from some friends. She had stood along a side wall.
So Scullion waited. Standing amid her now famous Knotted Grotto installation, the longtime advocate for the homeless folded her arms, wondering if Francis might yet walk out and go into the grotto to bless it. She'd heard he wasn't feeling well.
Rey Mendez, 52, of Second and Girard, waited, too. He was waiting for the pope, waiting to see Francis walk into the grotto, push those 100,000 prayers written on strips of paper closer to fulfillment with a blessing, maybe turn and wave, who knows? - but wait, who was that?
