Close to a million people gathered on the Soamandrakizay field on the outskirts of Antananarivo for the Pope’s Mass, according to local organizers. Many had spent the night, sleeping on straw mats or plastic tarps and bundled up against a windy winter chill.
A million at Mass in Madagascar
Close to a million people gathered on the Soamandrakizay field on the outskirts of Antananarivo for the Pope’s Mass, according to local organizers. Many had spent the night, sleeping on straw mats or plastic tarps and bundled up against a windy winter chill.
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