Photos: Pope Francis’s Basilica Mass

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After arriving in Philadelphia Saturday morning, Pope Francis proceeded to the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Center City. Philly Mag’s Tom McGrath called the event “grand, moving.” HughE Dillon was there to capture the scene.

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Pope Francis at Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul

Nuns touching rosaries to the wedding dress of St Gianna Beretta Molla.

Clergy file into the Basilica.

A nun waiting in anticipation of Pope Francis.

Pope Francis arrives to churchgoers snapping pictures with their phones.

Pope Francis, speaking Saturday at the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul. Photograph by HughE Dillon

After communion.

After mass.

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