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An estimated 3 million worshippers crowd the shore of Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, July 28, 2013, as Pope Francis celebrates the final Mass of World Youth Day. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

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Pope Francis celebrates a Mass attended by a reported 3 million people on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, July 28, 2013, as he wrapped up his historic trip to his home continent. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

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** FILE ** Pope Francis delivers his homily during a Mass at Rio de Janeiro's Cathedral in Brazil, Saturday, July 27, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Pilgrims from 175 nations cheer as Pope Francis arrives Thursday in Rio de Janeiro. World Youth Day pilgrims, studies show, are more likely to be devout in an increasingly secularized world. (Associated Press)

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Pope Francis spends Thursday morning in Varginha slum, one of Rio de Janeiro’s shantytowns, where residents gave him a warm and happy greeting. (Associated Press)

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Pope Francis reaches out to kiss a child as he arrives to the Aparecida Basilicia in Aparecida, Brazil, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

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People line the street to greet Pope Francis as he arrives in his popemobile in the Varginha slum, part of the Manguinhos slum complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, July 25, 2013. Pope Francis on Thursday visited one of Rio de Janeiro's shantytowns, or favelas, a place that saw such rough violence in the past that it's known by locals as the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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Pope Francis meets residents of the Varginha slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, July 25, 2013. Francis on Thursday visited one of Rio de Janeiro's shantytowns, or favelas, a place that saw such rough violence in the past that it's known by locals as the Gaza Strip.(AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

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Pope Francis (center, in white) visits Rio de Janeiro's Varginha slum, which saw such rough violence in the past that it's known by locals as the "Gaza Strip," on Thursday, July 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

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In this image from video, a crowd mobs the silver Fiat carrying Pope Francis through Rio de Janeiro on Monday, July 22, 2013. Ecstatic believers forced the closed Fiat to stop several times as they swarmed around during the drive from the airport to an official opening ceremony in the center of the city. (AP Photo)

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In this image from video, a crowd mobs the silver Fiat carrying Pope Francis through Rio de Janeiro on Monday, July 22, 2013. Ecstatic believers forced the closed Fiat to stop several times as they swarmed around during the drive from the airport to an official opening ceremony in the center of the city. (AP Photo)