Trivial Pursuit about Papal Travel in America
By JOHN L. ALLEN JR.
New York
By way of background to Benedict XVI?s April 15-20 visit to the United States, the following are some ?Trivial Pursuit?-style nuggets about papal travel in America.
1. With this trip, the United States will pull into a tie with Poland for the most-visited country (other than Italy) by popes in the modern era. Both nations will have hosted nine papal visits in the last half-century.