Feb 14, 2016

Pope Francis visits Mexico

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Pope Francis celebrated an open-air mass in Ecatepec — a rough, crime-plagued Mexico City suburb — on Sunday. He has chosen to visit some of Mexico’s most troubled regions during his five-day trip to the world’s second most populous Catholic country.

: Pope Francis waves from his popemobile in Ecatepec, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. The pontiff’s Sunday Mass in Ecatepec is expected to bring a message of hope and solidarity to residents of the crime-ridden suburb, where drug violence, gangland-style executions and kidnappings are a daily fact of life. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

: Pope Francis celebrates an open-air mass in Ecatepec –a rough, crime-plagued Mexico City suburb– on February 14, 2016. Pope Francis has chosen to visit some of Mexico’s most troubled regions during his five-day trip to the world’s second most populous Catholic country. (Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images)

: Workers prepare to fix a fallen banner showing Pope Francis holding a dove, on the grounds where Pope Francis was to land by helicopter, in Ecatepec, Mexico state, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. Pope Francis will give a Mass at an outdoor field in the capital’s suburb of Ecatepec to an estimated crowd of 400,000 pilgrims.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

: Pope Francis waves from the popemobile upon arrival in Ecatepec –a rough, crime-plagued Mexico City suburb– where he is to celebrate an open-air mass, on February 14, 2016. The pope has chosen to visit some of Mexico’s most troubled regions during his five-day trip to the world’s second most populous Catholic country. (Julio Cesar Aguilar Fuentes/AFP/Getty Images)

: Pope Francis waves from the popemobile upon arrival in Ecatepec –a rough, crime-plagued Mexico City suburb– where he is to celebrate an open-air mass, on February 14, 2016. The pope has chosen to visit some of Mexico’s most troubled regions during his five-day trip to the world’s second most populous Catholic country. (Julio Cesar Aguilar Fuentes/AFP/Getty Images)

: Pope Francis waves from the popemobile upon arrival in Ecatepec –a rough, crime-plagued Mexico City suburb– where he is to celebrate an open-air mass, on February 14, 2016. The pope has chosen to visit some of Mexico’s most troubled regions during his five-day trip to the world’s second most populous Catholic country. (Julio Cesar Aguilar Fuentes/AFP/Getty Images)

: Pope Francis celebrates an open-air mass in Ecatepec –a rough, crime-plagued Mexico City suburb– on February 14, 2016. Pope Francis has chosen to visit some of Mexico’s most troubled regions during his five-day trip to the world’s second most populous Catholic country. (Hector Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)

: A child waves a Vatican flag as he waits for the arrival of Pope Francis in Ecatepec, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. Pope Francis will give a Mass at an outdoor field in the capital’s suburb of Ecatepec to a crowd of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. It is to be his biggest event during his trip to Mexico. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

: Pope Francis celebrates an open-air mass in Ecatepec –a rough, crime-plagued Mexico City suburb– on February 14, 2016. Pope Francis has chosen to visit some of Mexico’s most troubled regions during his five-day trip to the world’s second most populous Catholic country. (Hector Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)

: A security member speaks on his mobile phone next to a mural painting depicting Pope Francis in Ecatepec –a rough, crime-plagued Mexico City suburb– where the latter is to celebrate an open-air mass, on February 14, 2016. Pope Francis has chosen to visit some of Mexico’s most troubled regions during his five-day trip to the world’s second most populous Catholic country. (Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images)

: Pope Francis waves from the popemobile upon arrival in Ecatepec –a rough, crime-plagued Mexico City suburb– where he is to celebrate an open-air mass, on February 14, 2016. Pope Francis has chosen to visit some of Mexico’s most troubled regions during his five-day trip to the world’s second most populous Catholic country. (Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images)

: Pope Francis rides on a popemobile as he makes his way through pilgrims waiting for Mass in Ecatepec, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. Pope Francis will give a Mass at an outdoor field in the capital’s suburb of Ecatepec to an estimated crowd of 400,000 pilgrims. It is to be his biggest event during his trip to Mexico. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

: Owners of the parking lot being used as a helipad, right, along with friends and family, take pictures as the helicopter carrying Pope Francis lands, in Ecatepec, Mexico state, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. Pope Francis will give a Mass at an outdoor field in the capital’s suburb of Ecatepec to an estimated crowd of 400,000 pilgrims. It is to be his biggest event during his trip to Mexico. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

: Pope Francis waves from the window of his helicopter, as he arrives in Ecatepec, Mexico state, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. Pope Francis will give a Mass at an outdoor field in the capital’s suburb of Ecatepec to an estimated crowd of 400,000 pilgrims. It is to be his biggest event during his trip to Mexico. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

: People hold pictures of Pope Francis framed in the the shape of a dove, as they wait for him to drive by on the popemobile in Mexico City, Mexico, Sunday Feb. 14, 2016, 2016. Pope Francis will give a Mass at an outdoor field in the capital’s suburb of Ecatepec to an estimated crowd of 400,000 pilgrims. It is to be his biggest event during his trip to Mexico. (AP Photo/Enric Marti)

: A man holds up a flag with an image of Pope Francis and the Virgin of Guadalupe as he waits for the arrival of Pope Francis at a massive open Mass in Ecatepec, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. Pope Francis will give a Mass at an outdoor field in the capital’s suburb of Ecatepec to an estimated crowd of 400,000 pilgrims. It is to be his biggest event during his trip to Mexico. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

: Catholic faithful wait for the arrival of Pope Francis in Ecatepec –a rough, crime-plagued Mexico City suburb– where he is to celebrate an open-air mass, on February 14, 2016. Pope Francis has chosen to visit some of Mexico’s most troubled regions during his five-day trip to the world’s second most populous Catholic country. (Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images)

: Catholic faithful wait for the arrival of Pope Francis in Ecatepec –a rough, crime-plagued Mexico City suburb– where he is to celebrate an open-air mass, on February 14, 2016. Pope Francis has chosen to visit some of Mexico’s most troubled regions during his five-day trip to the world’s second most populous Catholic country. (Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP/Getty Images)

: Mexican natives perform before the arrival of Pope Francis in Ecatepec –a rough, crime-plagued Mexico City suburb– where he is to celebrate an open-air mass, on February 14, 2016. Pope Francis has chosen to visit some of Mexico’s most troubled regions during his five-day trip to the world’s second most populous Catholic country. (Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images)

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