Xavier University of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections Accession Record Accession Number: 12‐117 Collection Number: 240 Administrative Information Title: Pope John Paul II Collection, 1987‐1992 Date of Receipt: 1987 Source Name: Unknown Source Address: Accession Type: Artificial collection In Event of Disposal: do not discard Processing Status: Needs additional processing Location: SC, Row 9 Descriptive Information: Materials relating to the Pope’s visit to New Orleans in September, 1987. Includes a form letter invitation to be present when the Pope visited Xavier University, from Norman C. Francis, President of Xavier University, July, 1987, ticket of admission to see the Pope at Xavier, and a program for the event. Photocopy of Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze, Biloxi, MS, of his presentation to His Holiness, September 12, 1987, entitled “Who Are Black Catholics?” A copy of Apostolic Constitution of the Supreme Pontiff: Ex Corde Ecclesiae, written by Pope John Paul, 1992. Various newspaper clippings of the Pope’s visit to New Orleans. Provenance: Unknown Arrangement: 2 half‐size box Conditions of Use: None Access Restrictions: None