More than 1 mln expected for pope's inaugural Mass
Measures will cope, Rome prefect says
15 March, 13:29
(ANSA) - Rome, March 15 - More than one million people are
expected to turn up for Pope Francis's inaugural Mass in St
Peter's Tuesday, Rome Prefect Giuseppe Pecoraro said Friday.Pecoraro said public-order and security measures would cope with the influx, expected to match that for John Paul II in 1978.
Argentine Francis, the first non-European pope for 1,300 years, was elected Wednesday after last month's shock resignation of Benedict XVI.
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