 Poppy Ndaba, ©Jean-Marc Carisse 2012 |  Arturo Mari was Pope John Paul II's shadow. He began as Vatican photographer in 1956, immortalizing special moments of six popes over 55 years! I met him at the Vatican in 1994, '96 & '98 and shot along side him in Ottawa in 1984. He gracefully introduced me to Pope JPII in '96 to bless a special rosary and sign one of my '84 photos of JPII waving at the waiting crowd as he arrived to an Ottawa outdoor mass, after which colleague Art Lamarche surprised me with a video of yours truly & JPII. |  Senate Speaker Hon. George Furey, photo © Jean-Marc Carisse 2016 |
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