Seeing pope takes miracle
Manya A. Brachear
February 1, 2008

Before you plunk down your plane fare to New York and make a reservation at the Ritz so you can celebrate mass with Pope Benedict XVI, make sure you're one of the 100 lucky winners to score a ticket.

That's approximately how many Chicago Catholics will be admitted to see the pontiff in Yankee Stadium on April 20. Even fewer are expected to get into the Nationals Park mass in Washington, D.C., on April 17.

Pastors at each of Chicago's 363 parishes have been asked to submit four nominees to Cardinal Francis George, whose office will choose the winners by lottery. the rest

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