2013年7月28日星期日

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Millions at Brazil Mass hear pope ask youth to change world

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 04:37 PM PDT

Pilgrims watch Pope Francis on a video screen as he celebrates mass on Copacabana BeachBy 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

Pope Francis blesses a child as he rides on the popemobile to celebrate mass in Rio de Janeiro Sunday July 28, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of young people slept under chilly skies in the white sand of Copacabana awaiting Pope Francis' final Mass for World Youth Day.(AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)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

Pope Francis celebrates his final mass on Copacabana Beach in Rio de JaneiroBy 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

Pope Francis waves from his popemobile along the Copacabana beachfront on his way to celebrate Mass in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 28, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of young people slept under chilly skies in the white sand awaiting Francis' final Mass for World Youth Day. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)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

Indiana State Police investigators inspect the underside of a bus that crashed Saturday, July 27, 2013, on Indianapolis' far north side while carrying teenagers returning from a summer camp in Michigan. Three people were killed and 26 others were taken to local hospitals following the crash, which occurred when the bus exited an interstate ramp and crashed into a concrete retaining wall. Investigators don't yet know what caused the crash about a mile from its destination, Colonial Hills Baptist Church. (AP Photo/Rick Callahan).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

Backdropped by Sugar Loaf mountain, a group walks along the Copacabana beach on their way to attend the World Youth Day's closing Mass, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 28, 2013. 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. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)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

Pope Francis celebrates Mass on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 28, 2013. Francis wrapped up a historic trip to his home continent Sunday with a Mass on Copacabana beach, urging the young people on hand for World Youth Day's concluding Mass to go out and spread their faith "to the fringes of society, even to those who seem farthest away, most indifferent." (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)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

Pope Francis celebrates Mass on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 28, 2013. Francis wrapped up a historic trip to his home continent Sunday with a Mass on Copacabana beach, urging the young people on hand for World Youth Day's concluding Mass to go out and spread their faith "to the fringes of society, even to those who seem farthest away, most indifferent." (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)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

Pope Francis looks out at pilgrims as rides in his popemobile along the Copacabana beachfront on his way to celebrate Mass in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 28, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of young people slept under chilly skies in the white sand awaiting Francis' final Mass for World Youth Day. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)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

Pilgrims and residents gather on Copacabana beach before the arrival of Pope Francis for World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Francis will preside over an evening vigil service on Copacabana beach that is expected to draw more than 1 million young people. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)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

Artists perform in front of Pope Francis at Copacabana Beach to celebrate mass on his sixth day in Rio de JaneiroBy 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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