Posted on 09/25/2015 3:59:52 PM PDT by Steelfish
Pope Francis Arrives For 20,000-Strong Mass At Madison Square Garden After 80,000 Lined Central Park For A Glimpse Of The Pontiff • Pope Francis was met with a monumental roar from the crowd as he arrived at Madison Square Garden for mass • There were emotional scenes as the Pontiff blessed a young disabled child, whose parents openly wept • Jennifer Hudson sang a powerful rendition of Hallelujah as Francis arrived for the 20,000-strong gathering • The Pope was earlier driven through Central Park in his popemobile as 80,000 cheering people lined the roads • By OLLIE GILLMAN 25 September 2015
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Pope Francis has arrived at Madison Square Garden to a monumental roar from the 20,000 people gathered to see him lead a huge mass.
The Pontiff was met by trumpets and fanfare as he entered the arena, stopping to bless a special needs child whose parents openly wept as Francis showed his affection.
He was driven into the stadium on a golf buggy up to four hours after the first guests had arrived, before donning emerald and gold robes as he stood to read the first of the evening's prayers.
Jennifer Hudson sang a powerful rendition of Hallelujah and drew cheers from the crowd, while several Broadway actors performed in a show hosted by Martin Sheen.
Earlier 80,000 people lucky enough to have tickets lined Central Park as Pope Francis continued his whirlwind American tour, but pictures from the scene appeared to show thousands more men, women and children gathering to get a glimpse of him.
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The millions lining up to see him (young/old/rich/poor/powerful/powerless) would not do so if they saw him simply as a Vicar of Caesar.
Pope Francis isn't really here on a religious mission. He's basically a foreign head of state making an official state visit. That's why his speeches in public venues have been filled with nothing but bland, silly nonsense that you'd expect to hear from a U.N. Secretary-General, or from Bono.
Read the text of his homily at St. Patrick's Cathedral last night -- which was aimed at a Catholic audience. You'd hardly believe it was delivered by the same Pope who addressed Congress earlier in the day.
I watched the Mass. It was very uplifting and beautiful.
This pope is a white-robed version of Bernie Sanders. There’s scant difference in their ideologies.
Pure nonsense of a media-driven perspective.
“Looks like you missed the Gospel reading at the Mass.”
Awesome. Nice that he found time to fit that in. Did he couch it with a message about “global warming?”
“Pure nonsense of a media-driven perspective.”
Oh, is it now.. how much time did he devote to abortion, hedonistic lifestyles and persecution of Christianity during his speech to Congress yesterday, compared to his railing about “climate change” and immigration?
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