Historic cross built for Pope John Paul II moving to Malvern, Pennsylvania
A well-known cross that has stood on City Avenue in Philadelphia for 45 years will soon be on the move.
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A well-known cross that has stood on City Avenue in Philadelphia for 45 years will soon be on the move.
A large white cross designed for the late Pope John Paul II's 1979 visit to Philadelphia – and that adorned the altar on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway when he said Mass – is on the move. The cross is moving from the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia to the Malvern Retreat House in Chester County.
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