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Street cop says crowds for pope prompted frustration, but excitement too
Anyone who attended the pope's visit to Philadelphia Sept. 26-27 could not help but notice the massive security apparatus that was set up around the events.
Watching papal Mass in their church, parishioners join in spirit
While thousands of people attended the papal Mass last Sunday in Philadelphia, many other Catholics across the archdiocese stayed close to home to view the Mass on a widescreen TV in their parish church.
Text of Pope Francis’ talk with Philadelphia prisioners
Read the address of the pope during his visit to Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Northeast Philadelphia on Sunday, Sept. 27.
Text of papal address to bishops at St. Charles Seminary
Read Pope Francis' speech to bishops on Sunday at the seminary, in which he said "God weeps" over the sexual abuse of children, which "must no longer be held in secret," he said. He also called for pastors to tenderly "waste time" with families.
Connecticut composer’s song performed at closing Mass in Philadelphia
A song by composer Julian Revie, who has "been performing pretty much weekly" as a church organist since he was 11, was performed at the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families Sept. 27 in Philadelphia.
Text of pope’s talk at Festival of Families
Read excerpts of Pope Francis' impromptu remarks -- he departed from a prepared speech -- at Saturday night's Festival of Families in Philadelphia.
Dublin to host next World Meeting of Families — in 2018
Irish pilgrims in Philadelphia shared their excitement after Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, announced the 2018 World Meeting of Families would be held in Dublin.
‘A great blessing’ flowing all over city because of pope, says pilgrim
Two members of the Navajo Nation in New Mexico said they were delighted to see St. Kateri Tekakwitha's name etched onto a wall of John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls' High School in Philadelphia just outside a security checkpoint at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Sept. 27.
Excitement reigns among laity, religious before Philadelphia papal Mass
There is no single way for every person at a papal Mass, or even near one, to be excited. Whether on one's feet or in one's seat, people feel a certain tingle when they know the pope of the Roman Catholic Church is soon to be within their midst.
‘Let freedom ring!’ Respect for rights helps society, pope says
Not far from where the Liberty Bell is on display, Pope Francis urged the people of the United States to continue to "proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof," as the bell's inscription says.