In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, we look at Pope John Paul II’s visit to Miami in September 1987. The trip was less than 24 hours in length, but its impact is immeasurable. The eventful mass, on Sept. 11, 1987, was one the Pope remembered for decades.

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