STRANGE MAGIC Opens Tomorrow! Download FREE ...: Record 6 million people attend Pope Francis' final mass in Philippines

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Record 6 million people attend Pope Francis' final mass in Philippines

Pope Francis will leave Manila in record-setting fashion, after an estimated 6 million people came out for his final mass there on Sunday.
That number tops the 5 million record previously set in 1995 by St. John Paul II at the same location in Manila's Rizal Park. Pope Francis spent four days in the Philippines, home to Asia's largest Catholic population, during a week-long tour of Asia.

We've rounded up photos from his time in Manila, below:

Pope Francis disembarks upon arrival from Sri Lanka on Jan. 15, at suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines.
Image: L'Osservatore Romano/Associated Press
Pope Francis is flanked by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, who broke protocol to welcome the Pontiff.
Image: L'Osservatore Romano/Associated Press
Filipino Catholics take photos, using their cellphones and tablets, of Pope Francis aboard his Popemobile as his motorcade passes by on the way to another "Meeting With Families" at the Mall of Asia Arena, on Jan. 16, in Manila, Philippines.
Image: Bullit Marquez/Associated Press
Pope Francis arrives to celebrate a mass for clergy in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Manila, Philippines, on Jan. 16.
Image: Alessandra Tarantino/Associated Press
Pope Francis salutes children of the Anak-Tnk Foundation, founded in 1998 by a Jesuit priest, which helps homeless children and those living in the slums, in Manila's Intramuros district after celebrating mass at the nearby Manila Cathedral on Jan. 16.
Image: L'Osservatore Romano/Associated Press
Pope Francis gives a speech during a meeting with President Benigno Aquino III, in Manila, Philippines, on Jan. 16.
Image: L'Osservatore Romano/Associated Press
Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, left, shows Pope Francis how to give the popular hand sign for "I love you" at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Image: Wally Santana/Associated Press
Pope Francis, center, waves as he visits the Cathedral of Palo in Tacloban, Philippines, on Jan. 17.
Image: L'Osservatore Romano/Associated Press
Wearing a yellow raincoat, Pope Francis gives a thumbs up to the faithful as he arrives in Tacloban, Philippines, on Jan. 17.
Image: Wally Santana/Associated Press
Pope Francis greets Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle at Rizal Park, in Manila, Philippines, on Jan. 18. Millions filled Manila's main park and surrounding areas for Pope Francis' final mass in the Philippines, braving a steady rain to hear the pontiff's message of hope and consolation for the southeast Asian country's most downtrodden and destitute.
Image: L'Osservatore Romano/Associated Press