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6 million people turned out to see the Pope in Manila

Pope Francis has celebrated an outdoor Mass in front of unprecedented crowds in the Philippine capit...
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3:30 PM - 18 Jan 2015



6 million people turned out to...

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6 million people turned out to see the Pope in Manila

TodayFM
TodayFM

3:30 PM - 18 Jan 2015



Pope Francis has celebrated an outdoor Mass in front of unprecedented crowds in the Philippine capital Manila.

Six million people attended the ceremony or lined the Papal route to Rizal Park.

That would be a record for a papal event.

About five million welcomed Pope John Paul II in Manila in 1995.

The Vatican said Pope Francis had dedicated the service in part to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the country in 2013.



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