PHOTOS: Aerial View of the Prep for Pope Francis’s Parkway Mass
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Pope Francis Festival Grounds behind the stage.

The choir rehearsing backstage.

The stage

Bus caravan on Schuylkill Expressway

A VIP gets a police escort on MLK Drive as a SEPTA train heads west.

Pilgrims make their way over the Market Street Bridge, with #popeportapotties lining JFK and Walnut Street Bridges. An Empty Schuylkill Expressway, with a police boat in the Schuylkill River.
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