KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — The Catholic faithful in Kalamazoo gathered at St. Augustine Cathedral Monday evening for a Mass of Thanksgiving as the excitement of a pope with real ties to West Michigan continues.
Now 11 days after Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the 266th successor of St. Peter, the joy is still evident.
“We were all so tickled when he came through the curtain,” parishioner Sharon Gregorski told News 8. “All we could do is scream, ‘It’s Father Bob!’”
New pope attended Catholic high school in West Michigan
Former friends of Prevost communed with the congregation at St. Augustine Cathedral Monday and described the emotion of celebrating a new but familiar pope with their fellow faithful…