Record crowds have filled Manila’s main park and surrounding areas for Pope Francis’ last mass in the Philippines before he returns to Rome.
An estimated six million worshippers attended the event, making it the largest ever papal gathering, despite constant rain.
The turnout easily surpassed the previous record of five million for a mass by John Paul II at the same venue in 1995.
Francis arrived at Rizal Park in a ‘popemobile’ based on the design of a jeepney, a popular form of transport in the Philippines.
He was wearing the same plastic yellow rain poncho handed out to the masses during his visit to typhoon-hit Tacloban on Saturday…. see more
source: skynews
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