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• Millions at Brazil Mass hear pope ask youth to change world
• Pope draws 3M to Mass as Brazil trip closes
• Analysis: Pope's Brazil visit raises red flags for World Cup, Olympics
• Pope Francis' weeklong trip to Brazil ends
• Indianapolis church mourns 3 who died in bus crash
• Pope draws 3 million in Rio for final World Youth Day Mass, one of largest papal turnouts
• AP PHOTOS: 3 million jam Rio beach for pope's Mass
• Brake failure caused fatal church camp bus crash, driver says
• Pope draws 3M in Rio, one of largest papal Masses
• Pope draws 3M in Rio in 1 of largest papal Masses
• Pope wraps up historic trip with Copacabana Mass
• After all-night beach slumber party, faithful wake up eager for pope's final Mass in Rio
• Pope draws 3M for vigil after chastising 'exodus'
• Pope draws 2 million for Rio vigil after chastising Brazil church for failing to stem exodus
• Pope urges Brazil's youth to seek change, fight apathy

Millions at Brazil Mass hear pope ask youth to change world Posted: 28 Jul 2013 04:37 PM PDT By Philip Pullella and Anthony Boadle RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Pope Francis left Brazil on Sunday with Rio still pulsating with excitement after a historic beachfront Mass for more than 3 million people in which he challenged young people to build a new world based on tolerance and love. Rio's famed Copacabana beach, usually the venue for scantily-clad sun-seekers and revelry, became a massive Catholic campground for the closing event of a world youth festival. ...

Pope draws 3M to Mass as Brazil trip closes Posted: 28 Jul 2013 04:09 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Pope Francis' historic trip to his home continent ended Sunday after a marathon weeklong visit to Brazil that drew millions of people onto the sands of Rio de Janeiro's iconic Copacabana beach and appeared to reinvigorate the clergy and faithful alike in the world's largest Catholic country.

Analysis: Pope's Brazil visit raises red flags for World Cup, Olympics Posted: 28 Jul 2013 03:46 PM PDT By Paulo Prada and Anthony Boadle RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A string of organizational flaws during the visit of Pope Francis to Brazil that put him at risk and stranded thousands of visiting faithful has deepened concern about the country's ability to host the upcoming World Cup and Olympic Games. Even Rio de Janeiro's mayor gave himself a failing grade in organizing World Youth Day, a biennial gathering of young Catholics that on Sunday drew some 3 million people to a seaside mass delivered by the pope on Copacabana beach. ...

Pope Francis' weeklong trip to Brazil ends Posted: 28 Jul 2013 03:37 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Pope Francis has taken off from Rio de Janeiro's international airport, ending a weeklong visit to Brazil that drew an estimated 3 million people onto the sands of Copacabana beach on his final day.

Indianapolis church mourns 3 who died in bus crash Posted: 28 Jul 2013 02:40 PM PDT INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis congregation on Sunday mourned the deaths of their youth pastor, his pregnant wife and another member who were killed when a church bus overturned with just a mile to go in a return trip from a Michigan summer camp.

Pope draws 3 million in Rio for final World Youth Day Mass, one of largest papal turnouts Posted: 28 Jul 2013 02:28 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO - An estimated 3 million people poured onto Rio's Copacabana beach Sunday for the final Mass of Pope Francis' historic trip to his home continent, cheering the first Latin American pope in one of the biggest turnouts for a papal Mass in recent history.

AP PHOTOS: 3 million jam Rio beach for pope's Mass Posted: 28 Jul 2013 01:30 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — An estimated 3 million people gathered on the white sands and mosaic sidewalks of Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach for a monumental-scale Mass celebrated by Pope Francis.

Brake failure caused fatal church camp bus crash, driver says Posted: 28 Jul 2013 12:51 PM PDT (Reuters) - The driver of a bus that crashed at the weekend killing three people and injuring 26 others as they returned from a church camp told witnesses the brakes failed as the bus exited an interstate highway, a spokeswoman for the Indianapolis Fire Department said on Sunday. Dennis Maurer, 68, of Indianapolis, was driving 37 passengers, mainly teenagers, from a summer camp in Michigan to the Colonial Hills Baptist Church in northern Indianapolis when the bus crashed into a lane barrier as it left Interstate 465, said spokeswoman Rita Burris. ...

Pope draws 3M in Rio, one of largest papal Masses Posted: 28 Jul 2013 11:56 AM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — An estimated 3 million people poured onto Rio's Copacabana beach on Sunday for the final Mass of Pope Francis' historic trip to his home continent, cheering the first Latin American pope in one of the biggest turnouts for a papal Mass in recent history.

Pope draws 3M in Rio in 1 of largest papal Masses Posted: 28 Jul 2013 08:49 AM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — An estimated 3 million people poured onto Rio's Copacabana beach on Sunday for the final Mass of Pope Francis' historic trip to his home continent, cheering the first Latin American pope in one of the biggest turnouts for a papal Mass in recent history.

Pope wraps up historic trip with Copacabana Mass Posted: 28 Jul 2013 07:46 AM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up a historic trip to his home continent Sunday with a Mass on Copacabana beach that drew a reported 3 million people, who cheered the first Latin American pope in a remarkable response to his message that the Catholic Church must shake itself up and get out into the streets to find the faithful.

After all-night beach slumber party, faithful wake up eager for pope's final Mass in Rio Posted: 28 Jul 2013 05:43 AM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO - Hundreds of thousands of young people who slept under chilly skies in the white sand of Copacabana beach woke up Sunday in eager anticipation of Pope Francis' final Mass for World Youth Day, the culmination of the emotional homecoming for the first Latin American pope.

Pope draws 3M for vigil after chastising 'exodus' Posted: 27 Jul 2013 05:57 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Pope Francis drew a reported 3 million flag-waving, rosary-toting faithful to Rio's Copacabana beach on Saturday for the final evening of World Youth Day, hours after he chastised the Brazilian church for failing to stem the "exodus" of Catholics to evangelical congregations.

Pope draws 2 million for Rio vigil after chastising Brazil church for failing to stem exodus Posted: 27 Jul 2013 05:30 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO - Pope Francis drew an estimated 2 million flag-waving faithful to Rio's Copacabana beach on Saturday for the final evening of World Youth Day, hours after he chastised the Brazilian church for failing to stem the "exodus" of Catholics to evangelical congregations.

Pope urges Brazil's youth to seek change, fight apathy Posted: 27 Jul 2013 05:29 PM PDT By Anthony Boadle and Philip Pullella RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - 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." The 76-year-old pope spoke to a crowd estimated by the Vatican to be more than 2 million people gathered on Rio's famed Copacabana beach for an evening rally where he also urged young people to shun fleeting fads and be "athletes of Christ. ...

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