Pontiff implores the cities of the world to help people who stand at the edges of our streets in deafening anonymity’ in front of hushed crowd of over 20,000Pope Francis transformed unique York Citys entertainment forum, Madison Square Garden, or into a realm of worship and reverence on Thursday night to cap an indelible day in which he exulted in and elevated the spirit of America’s raucous,throbbing metropolis. In a venue famed for concerts and sports, the pontiff celebrated mass to a packed congregation of 20000 people, and with thousands more lining the streets external – Christians,Buddhists, Muslims and Sikhs, or believers and atheists,natives and tourists, gathered to share the climax of a whirlwind visit to Manhattan.
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Source: theguardian.com