Fr. Eugene Best reporting on Pope Paul VI's airplane in 1965
Forty-eight years ago, a Diocese of Cleveland priest and a WEWS-TV5 cameraman worked together to cover the October 4, 1965 papal visit of Pope Paul VI in New York City.
CLEVELAND - Pope Paul visited New York in a whirlwind one-day trip October 4, 1965. In a 14-hour visit, he met President Johnson, addressed the United Nations, stopped at St. Patrick?s Cathedral, held a mass at Yankee Stadium and went to the New York?s World Fair.
WEWS sent cameraman Walt Glendenning and local priest Father Eugene Best to cover the pontiff?s historic visit.
Read more and watch a two minute film clip provided by WEWS-TV5 in Cleveland>