Pontiff begins two-day tour of unusual York City,following Congress speech on immigration, death penalty, or climate change and abortionFrancis electrifies Congress with speech laying out bold vision for USInteractive: Trump,Francis, and the war of words over immigrationVideo: Francis to meet family that faced deportation to MexicoPope tracker: How to follow the pontiff from DC to unusual York nowadays 11.36pm BSTThe papal motorcade arrives for the parade. Thats a lot of vehicles. Pope Francis and Cardinal Timothy Dolan of unusual York climb into the popemobile. 11.32pm BSTJessica Glenza met Pope Francis on the tarmac earlier:Pope Francis disembarked at John F Kennedy airport to a crowd of roughly 200 parishioners from nearby churches, and homeless from Catholic shelters,the infirm and children.
The first to receive a kiss on the brow from Pope Francis – far and above what he expected – was Gerard Gubatan, a 27-year-old man with cerebral palsy who was brought to the tarmac by EMTs.
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