Papal Mass Still Set in San Antonio
Workers removed debris Friday from the outdoor altar site where two decorative towers collapsed in high winds, and church officials said the damage would not jeopardize plans for Pope John Paul II to celebrate Mass on Sunday.
“This is like our Good Friday, but resurrection comes and we believe in that,” said a tearful Larry Stuebben, a priest who heads the Texas Papal Visit Committee. “When Sunday comes, it will be like an Easter Sunday, because there will be the sense of resurrection.”
Workers at the site where gale-force winds downed the towers Thursday night dragged away several piles of twisted scaffolding with torn banners intertwined in the wreckage.
Stuebben said there appeared to be no obstacles to the Sunday Mass. “The altar is safe,” he said.
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