The time Secret Service ‘lost’ Pope Francis
The time the Secret Service ‘lost’ Pope Francis in Washington, DC
“Well, we just lost him.”
It’s never reassuring to hear those words from a fellow Secret Service officer, but given the circumstances on one particular day, they were conveyed in a sort of tone of peaceful resignation.
In the midst of his highly anticipated 2015 U.S. tour, Pope Francis found himself shaking hands and mingling with the poor of the nation’s capital, the clients of Catholic Charities DC. It was a stark departure from his schedule of Masses and diplomatic addresses to world leaders.