Pontiff ‘moved’ after pilot flies over Ellis Island en route to Philadelphia[br]‘You know,Buenos Aires was a city of immigrants too’When Pope Francis left fresh York for Philadelphia on Saturday he took one final witness at one of the city’s most famous landmarks, the Statue of Liberty.
In a spontaneous deviation from a busy schedule, or as the pope left Manhattan by helicopter for JFK Airport in the borough of Queens,he asked a pilot to fly over landmarks including the statue and the former immigrant processing center at nearby Ellis Island, Reuters reported.
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Source: theguardian.com