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VATICAN CITY - The Vatican says Pope Francis drew more than 6.6 million people to his audiences, Masses and other Vatican events in 2013, more than twice as many as his predecessor Benedict XVI did in his first year as pope. Pope Francis 26 photos af1 The statistics released Thursday cover only events held at the Vatican starting from Francis March 13 election. They don t include his trips, including World Youth Day in Brazil and trips within Italy: The Vatican estimated that some 3.7 million people attended Francis final World Youth Day Mass in Rio alone, though statisticians put the yeezy true figure at about half that.Pope asks people to reflect on if they helped others in 2013For comparison s sake, the Vatican reported that some 2.85 million people attended Vatican events in Benedict s first year as pope in 2005.Pope Francisrsquo; comm adidas originals hombre on touch drawing churchgoersFrancis is the first Latin American and first Jesuit pope. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-331a635f-bffb-4d8a-8406-9e15cae9287f, right-rail-recirc-item--id-331a635f-bffb-4d8a-8406-9e15cae9287f display: none; inline-recirc-item--id Nvmt Fukushima s lasting impact on kids health
U.S. helicopters flew Afghan troops into a remote district overrun by the Taliban and recaptured the main town Tuesday without firing a shot, military officials said.The move comes ahead of a major conference in Kabul starting Wednesday where Afghan President Hamid Karzai will try to build consensus for peace overtures to the insurgents. The Taliban on Tuesday dismissed t
