The Daily Numbers: 800,000 who packed the Ben Franklin Parkway for yesterday’s Mass by Pope Francis. Several thousand people were unable to get in through long lines at security checkpoints.
100,000 Communion wafers distributed during the Mass.
7:47 p.m., when the pope’s jet lifted off from Philadelphia International Airport.
1 more surprise stop for the pope, this time at St. Joseph’s University, to bless a new statue commemorating relations between Catholics and Jews.
100 inmates at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Center who got the opportunity to meet the pope.
5 adult victims of priest sexual abuse who got the opportunity to meet with Pope Francis.
328,000 passes for the regional rail lines that SEPTA put on sale.
123,295 actually sold.
28,575 regional rail riders on Saturday.
34,371 on Sunday.
700 Saturday from Primos Station.
850 on Sunday.
3 a.m., when the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, which had been closed all weekend, finally reopened.
8 p.m., when Schuylkill Expressway westbound reopened from I-95 to Route 1.
11:05, when eastbouind I-76 reopened from the Blue Route I-476 to I-95
3 hours, how long some waited in lines to get through the checkpoints.
78-year-old pontiff spent 6 days in the U.S. after 4-day visit in Cuba.
400 leaders of the World Meeting of Families gathered at the airport after the Mass to bid Pope Francis Farewell.
2018, next World Meeting of Families, set for Dublin, Ireland.
13,000 mile trip made by a family from Argentina in an old VW van to see the pope. They got the chance to meet him.
19, age of female student from Penn State killed in crash while driving back to State College after taking part in THON charity work in Philly area.
6 other Penn State students injured in the crash.
1-2 record for the Eagles after yesterday’s win.
24-17 win for the Birds over the Jets up at the Meadowlands.
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It wasn’t pretty, but I’ll take it. No, not the security lines to get in to see the pope. The Eagles, of course.
I Don’t Get It: Everyone can now nitpick the preparations for the pope. Seemed to go off pretty well to me.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to quickly getting roads reopened and transit back to normal across the region.
Quote Box: “Pray for me. Don’t forget.”
- Pope Francis
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