Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In the third episode of Through the Lens of Faith podcast, Catholic Courier staff writer Mike Latona shares how he was in the right place - the front row of a 600,000-person gathering - to capture an image of Pope John Paul II hugging a young woman at the closing Mass of World Youth Day in Denver in 1993.

For more information on the exhibit and podcast, visit catholiccourier.com/lensoffaith

0:00 - Opening
0:25 - Introducing Mike Latona
1:17 - How did the trip come about?
2:50 - How did Mike get to Denver?
3:33 - How do you prepare to cover a major event?
5:31 - Connect with the people of our diocese at such a big event
7:57 - The sequence of events
11:17 - Mike describes the photo of Pope John Paul II that he captured
15:15 - Connection with the woman in the photo
17:18 - Looking at the photo more than 30 years later
19:37 - Other memorable experiences from that trip
24:41 - Thanks Mike!