Salt + Light Media Menu
Salt + Light Media Home
Magnifying Glass
coverPhoto
Premium content

Asset title

Asset description

S+L AT THE PAPAL VISIT: Lost, part 2

Kris Dmytrenko

Friday, April 18, 2008

Let's conclude the story. On Thursday night I found myself in the predicament I feared most: alone, broke and lost in Washington, D.C. Typically, our Vatican press pass provides us a police-escorted bus that promptly takes us to and from venues. It takes an item of supreme value--such as the camera battery charger plugged into the walls of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception--to compel you to abandon this luxury.
A police officer didn't know where I could find a downtown shuttle. Neither did a Bishop. But a young lady with a U.S. Bishops' Conference ID tag offered a solution.
She directed to me to a bus driver who had been persuaded to allow two lost journalists to board his empy coach, since he was heading back downtown, anyways. I boarded with prayers of thanksgiving to God.
"There's another one!", exclaimed one of the other lost journalists. He yelled out the window to grab the attention of a frazzled L.A. Times photographer who, weighed down by five cameras of various sizes, was also searching for a rescue ride. As more reporters appeared out of the darkness, we numbered an appropriate twelve by the time we left the parking lot.
Categories:


Related Articles:

Category: General Posts

God in the City: Catholic Journalism Summer Intensive 2025

Monday, March 31, 2025

Salt + Light Media

Canadian Catholic News is offering an in-person intensive experience of its popular online course, “Telling Truth in Charity: Introduction to Catholic Journalism” this summer.

Is Artificial Intelligence good or bad? A new Vatican document on using AI responsibly

Monday, March 24, 2025

Julian Paparella

What are the Church’s views on artificial intelligence? How are we supposed to think of the rapidly expanding field of AI as Christians in the world today?

Veneration of the Crown of Thorns during Lent

Friday, March 14, 2025

Aline Haddad

The Holy Crown of Thorns was returned to Notre-Dame de Paris after the rededication in December, restoring a beloved Lenten devotion.

Pray with Pope Francis Reflection – March 2025

Monday, March 10, 2025

Fr. Edmund Lo, SJ

In this month of March, Pope Francis invites us to pray for families who find themselves in crisis: That broken families might discover the cure for their wounds through forgiveness, rediscovering each other’s gifts, even in their differences. 

Looking at our babies, glimpsing how God sees us

Saturday, March 8, 2025

Julian Paparella

How can the experience of parenting give us a sense of God's compassionate, patient, and merciful presence with us?

SUPPORT LABEL

Receive our newsletters
Stay Connected
Receive our newsletters
Stay Connected
Copyright © 2025 Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation
Registered Charity # 88523 6000 RR0001
FR | CH