Pope Francis celebrates mass at the World Meeting of Families at
Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015.
A crowd of people gathers on Benjamin Franklin Parkway before a Mass
celebrated by Pope Francis, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015 in Philadelphia.
The Mass - the last major event on Francis' itinerary before the
78-year-old pontiff took off on the flight home to Rome - was a
brilliant tableau of gold, green, white and purple in the evening
sunlight of a mild early-autumn day.
Riding through the streets in his open-sided popemobile, the pontiff waved to cheering, screaming, singing, flag-waving crowds as he made his way up the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and reached the altar at the steps of the tall-columned Philadelphia Museum of Art, a towering golden crucifix as a backdrop.
Francis told his listeners that their presence itself was "a kind of miracle in today's world," an affirmation of the family and the power of love.
Riding through the streets in his open-sided popemobile, the pontiff waved to cheering, screaming, singing, flag-waving crowds as he made his way up the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and reached the altar at the steps of the tall-columned Philadelphia Museum of Art, a towering golden crucifix as a backdrop.
Francis told his listeners that their presence itself was "a kind of miracle in today's world," an affirmation of the family and the power of love.
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