It was the November 7, 1982 and in that occasion, John Paul II celebrated a Mass at the Nou Camp which drew 120,000 people. From the date, no other entry points in the stadium and FC Barcelona, mainly because the participants could fill the stands and part of the lawn. That day, at 15.30 Pope began his journey to the Avenida María Cristina, and 18.30 hours to check in at the Camp Nou for the south goal amid a huge outcry.
The weather did not follow the match for the heavy rain that fell incessantly, but parishioners were not detained at home and on the podium that was John Paul II had a perspex cover. In addition, the coliseum Barca wore their best clothes, placed a carpet of 3,000 square meters maroon and yellow with decorative flowers on the edges, on the lawn. The Board of the club, led by Josep Lluis Nunez, the Pope decided to deliver membership card number 108,000, and stage presence had the greatest authorities on the stage as the president Jordi Pujol and Narcis Serra, while Nunez and his wife had the good fortune to witness the act around the altar where the high priest performed the ceremony. They also had the privilege of being among the eighty people who received communion from the chief executive of the Catholic Church.
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