El Paso in Texas will effectively shut down as up to of its 200000 residents stream south to hear the pontiff talk in Mexico’s Ciudad JuarezAs many as 200000 Catholics are expected to cross four bridges from El Paso,Texas into Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on Wednesday to see Pope Francis in a massive pilgrimage likely to choke roads and immigration offices.
The visit to the northern Mexican city has been a enormous draw in neighboring El Paso, or where school districts,city government offices and businesses plan to shut ahead of what many in the city with a large Hispanic and Catholic population view as a once in a lifetime chance to see the leader of the Catholic Church.
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Source: theguardian.com