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Pope Francis in Brazil Pope Francis makes his first trip abroad since being elected pontiff in March. He is in Brazil for World Youth Day celebrations.
July 29, 2013
Pope Francis talks with journalists as he flies back to Rome from Brazil. Francis, who was in South America for Worth Youth Day, reached out to gays Monday, saying he wouldn’t judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference, as he returned from his first foreign trip.
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July 29, 2013
Pope Francis answers reporters’ questions during a news conference aboard his Brazil-to-Italy flight.
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July 28, 2013
Hundreds of thousands of people crowd Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro as Pope Francis celebrates the final Mass of his visit to Brazil. Throngs of pilgrims attending World Youth Day spent the night sleeping on the beach before Sunday’s final mass, while the city’s mayor said he expects up to 3 million people to pack the beach for the occasion.
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July 28, 2013
A Franciscan monk, right, bathes after the final Mass of Pope Francis’s visit to Brazil, at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. The pope announced that Krakow, Poland, the native land of late pope John Paul II, who started the World Youth Day tradition, will host the next gathering in 2016, prompting Polish pilgrims to jump up and down on the beach.
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July 28, 2013
Pilgrims lie in sleeping bags on Copacabana Beach ahead of Pope Francis’s Sunday Mass in Rio de Janeiro. Pope Francis on Saturday encouraged Brazil’s young people, who have protested against corruption in their country, to continue their efforts to change society by fighting apathy and offering “a Christian response.”
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July 28, 2013
Christians sleep as the sun rises at the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.
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July 28, 2013
Pope Francis blesses a family as he celebrates his final Mass on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Francis said Saturday that the church should look in the mirror and ask why so many people are leaving the faith.
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July 28, 2013
Christians pray during the World Youth Day's closing Mass on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.
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July 28, 2013
Catholic pilgrims attending World Youth Day crowd Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro after spending the night sleeping on the beach.
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July 28, 2013
Pope Francis blesses a woman as he arrives for his final Mass on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.
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July 28, 2013
Pope Francis meets Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, left, Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, right, and Bolivian President Evo Morales, second from right, after the Mass that closed the 28th World Youth Day at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.
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July 27, 2013
Pope Francis waves to the crowd in Rio de Janeiro. Francis on Saturday challenged bishops from around the world to get out of their churches and preach and to have the courage to go to the farthest margins of society to find the faithful.
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July 27, 2013
In this frame grab, Pope Francis wears an indigenous feather hat given to him by representatives of one of Brazil’s native tribes during a meeting at the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro.
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July 27, 2013
A bishop watches live video of Pope Francis on his tablet as he waits for Francis to arrive for a meeting with Brazilian cardinals and bishops at Sao Joaquim Palace in Rio de Janeiro.
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July 27, 2013
Pope Francis meets with Brazil's bishops in the Sao Joaquim Palace in Rio de Janeiro.
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July 27, 2013
Pope Francis kisses the cloth covering on the altar as he performs Mass for thousands of priests and bishops at the cathedral in Rio de Janeiro.
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July 27, 2013
The scene inside Sao Sebastiao Cathedral as Pope Francis celebrates Mass in Rio de Janeiro.
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July 27, 2013
Catholic faithful camp out on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro to participate in the all-night vigil before Pope Francis gives Mass to those attending the World Youth Day. Francis’s visit to Brazil, his first overseas trip since becoming pontiff, is timed with the youth summit, as the church tries to make greater inroads with younger generations.
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July 27, 2013
Hundreds of thousands of young Catholic pilgrims attending World Youth Day start gathering at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro for the prayer vigil with Pope Francis.
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July 26, 2013
The pope leaves Quinta Boa Vista park after hearing the confessions of youths attending the World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro.
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July 26, 2013
Pope Francis blesses a child as he arrives at Copacabana Beach. The pontiff took his high-octane mission to “shake up” the Catholic faith back to the streets of Brazil on Friday, greeting throngs of pilgrims, meeting convicts and hearing youngsters confess their sins.
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July 26, 2013
Pope Francis greets the crowd as he returns for a Way of the Cross in Rio de Janeiro.
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July 26, 2013
Pope Francis is seen on screens at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.
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July 25, 2013
Pope Francis blesses the Olympic flag ahead of Rio de Janeiro’s 2016 Summer Games, at the City Palace, where he was to receive the keys to the city.
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July 25, 2013
Pope Francis holds up an Olympic T-shirt with his name on it in Rio de Janeiro. The shirt was given to him by Carlos Arthur Nuzman, president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee.
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July 25, 2013
Pope Francis holds an Argentine flag outside the Cathedral of St. Sebastian.
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July 25, 2013
Pope Francis greets residents of Varginha.
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July 25, 2013
Catholic pilgrims carry the World Youth Day Cross up to a stage before the arrival of Pope Francis at Copacabana Beach.
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July 25, 2013
Pope Francis waves from inside a Brazilian air force helicopter as he arrives at Copacabana Beach.
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July 24, 2013
Pope Francis waves to pilgrims as he arrives at the Aparecida Basilica.
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July 24, 2013
Pope Francis reaches out to kiss a child as he arrives at the Aparecida Basilica.
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July 23, 2013
Pope Francis, left, shares a word with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff during a welcoming ceremony at Guanabara Palace in Rio de Janeiro.
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July 22, 2013
Pope Francis gestures as he talks with Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, left, before boarding a plane at Rome’s Fiumicino airport. Francis left Rome for Brazil on Monday, making his first trip abroad since he was elected in March.
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July 22, 2013
Pope Francis greets those who gathered to see him in downtown Rio de Janeiro.
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July 22, 2013
Pope Francis waves to the faithful as he travels through Rio de Janeiro.
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