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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People on the street, who were not able to get into the cathedral, pray during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Myanmar women, one in traditional dress, walk to the train station after seeing Pope Francis in Yangon. Pope Francis arrived in Yangon Monday for a four day / three night visit. Tuesday he is going to the capitol, Naypyidaw (Nay Pyi Taw) to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi and other Myanmar leaders. Wednesday and Thursday he is saying mass in Yangon and on Thursday afternoon he is going to neighboring Bangladesh. There are around 450,000 Catholics in Burma, about 1% of the total population.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A man wearing a pope tee shirt walks down a Yangon street after the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A man uses a Vatican flag as a sun shield during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  The altar of the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A woman peers through the gate of the cathedral during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMassCathedral058.jpg
  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People on the street, who were not able to get into the cathedral, pray during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMassCathedral056.jpg
  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Boys on their parents' shoulders under an electronic billboard of the Pope releasing a dove during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMassCathedral024.jpg
  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A boy with a Pope tee shirt he bought at the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMassCathedral023.jpg
  • 28 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A nun talks to a group of women at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Yangon. They are all going to the papal mass Wednesday. About 1,500 people are camping at the church before the papal mass at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground, about three kilometers from the church.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A nun talks to a group of women at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Yangon. They are all going to the papal mass Wednesday. About 1,500 people are camping at the church before the papal mass at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground, about three kilometers from the church.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    StFrancisChurch011.jpg
  • 19 NOVEMBER 2017 - HWAMBI, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR: Girls at mass in Sacred Heart’s Catholic Church in Hwambi, about 90 minutes north of Yangon. Catholics in Myanmar are preparing for the visit of Pope Francis. He is coming to the Buddhist majority country November 27-30. There about 500,000 Catholics in Myanmar, about 1% of the population. Catholicism was originally brought to what is now Myanmar more than 500 years ago by Portuguese missionaries and traders.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 NOVEMBER 2017 - HWAMBI, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR: Girls pray before mass on the driveway of Sacred Heart’s Catholic Church in Hwambi, about 90 minutes north of Yangon. Catholics in Myanmar are preparing for the visit of Pope Francis. He is coming to the Buddhist majority country November 27-30. There about 500,000 Catholics in Myanmar, about 1% of the population. Catholicism was originally brought to what is now Myanmar more than 500 years ago by Portuguese missionaries and traders.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    HwambiCatholicMass005.jpg
  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A woman who was not able to get into the cathedral wipes away a tear during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People selling portraits of Pope Francis in front of the cathedral during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMassCathedral017.jpg
  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Myanmar police keep uncredentialed people out of the Cathedral before the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  A woman accepts communion during the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  People pray during the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMass030.jpg
  • 28 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A teenager going to the papal mass Wednesday plays guitar while relaxing with friends at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Yangon. About 1,500 people are camping at the church before the papal mass at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground, about three kilometers from the church.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A nun talks to a group of women at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Yangon. They are all going to the papal mass Wednesday. About 1,500 people are camping at the church before the papal mass at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground, about three kilometers from the church.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    StFrancisChurch013.jpg
  • 27 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  Catholic nuns on the street in Yangon after the Pontiff's arrival in Myanmar. Pope Francis arrived in Yangon Monday for a four day / three night visit. Tuesday he is going to the capitol, Naypyidaw (Nay Pyi Taw) to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi and other Myanmar leaders. Wednesday and Thursday he is saying mass in Yangon and on Thursday afternoon he is going to neighboring Bangladesh. There are around 450,000 Catholics in Burma, about 1% of the total population.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Women with Myanmar and Vatican flags wait to see Pope Francis on his motorcade route into Yangon. Pope Francis arrived in Yangon Monday for a four day / three night visit. Tuesday he is going to the capitol, Naypyidaw (Nay Pyi Taw) to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi and other Myanmar leaders. Wednesday and Thursday he is saying mass in Yangon and on Thursday afternoon he is going to neighboring Bangladesh. There are around 450,000 Catholics in Burma, about 1% of the total population.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PopeArrival003.jpg
  • 19 NOVEMBER 2017 - HWAMBI, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR: People pray during mass at Sacred Heart’s Catholic Church in Hwambi, about 90 minutes north of Yangon. Catholics in Myanmar are preparing for the visit of Pope Francis. He is coming to the Buddhist majority country November 27-30. There about 500,000 Catholics in Myanmar, about 1% of the population. Catholicism was originally brought to what is now Myanmar more than 500 years ago by Portuguese missionaries and traders.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    HwambiCatholicMass035.jpg
  • 19 NOVEMBER 2017 - HWAMBI, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR:  Women kneel in the portico during mass at Sacred Heart’s Catholic Church in Hwambi, about 90 minutes north of Yangon. More than 500 people attend mass at Sacred Heart's, and the sanctuary was full. Catholics in Myanmar are preparing for the visit of Pope Francis. He is coming to the Buddhist majority country November 27-30. There about 500,000 Catholics in Myanmar, about 1% of the population. Catholicism was originally brought to what is now Myanmar more than 500 years ago by Portuguese missionaries and traders.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    HwambiCatholicMass028.jpg
  • 19 NOVEMBER 2017 - HWAMBI, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR: Children pray in Sacred Heart’s Catholic Church in Hwambi, about 90 minutes north of Yangon, before mass Sunday. Catholics in Myanmar are preparing for the visit of Pope Francis. He is coming to the Buddhist majority country November 27-30. There about 500,000 Catholics in Myanmar, about 1% of the population. Catholicism was originally brought to what is now Myanmar more than 500 years ago by Portuguese missionaries and traders.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    HwambiCatholicMass009.jpg
  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People on the street, who were not able to get into the cathedral, pray during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMassCathedral055.jpg
  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Women in traditional dress, who were not able to get into the cathedral, pray on the street during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMassCathedral048.jpg
  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   A woman on the street uses a portrait of the Pope as a sun shield during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMassCathedral040.jpg
  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Boys on their parents' shoulders under an electronic billboard of the Pope releasing a dove during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMassCathedral025.jpg
  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People selling portraits of Pope Francis in front of the cathedral during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMassCathedral007.jpg
  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  People pray at the end of the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMass056.jpg
  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  People pray at the end of the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMass054.jpg
  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  A man in traditional clothing watches Pope Francis on a large CCTV screen during the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  People watch Pope Francis drive the grounds of the Papal Mass in the Pope Mobile. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People wave Vatican and Myanmar flags before the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  People wait for the Papal Mass to start in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMass003.jpg
  • 27 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A boy with a Pope Francis decal on his cheeks waits to see the Pontiff. Pope Francis arrived in Yangon Monday for a four day / three night visit. Tuesday he is going to the capitol, Naypyidaw (Nay Pyi Taw) to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi and other Myanmar leaders. Wednesday and Thursday he is saying mass in Yangon and on Thursday afternoon he is going to neighboring Bangladesh. There are around 450,000 Catholics in Burma, about 1% of the total population.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PopeArrival010.jpg
  • 26 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Workers in St. Mary's Cathedral set up dividers for Pope Francis' mass in the cathedral. The Pope will visit Yangon November 27 - 30. He will have private meetings  with government officials, military leaders and Buddhist clergy. He will also participate in two masses, a public mass in a sports complex on November 29 and a mass for Myanmar youth in St. Mary's Cathedral on November 30.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Workers in St. Mary's Cathedral set up dividers for Pope Francis' mass in the cathedral. The Pope will visit Yangon November 27 - 30. He will have private meetings  with government officials, military leaders and Buddhist clergy. He will also participate in two masses, a public mass in a sports complex on November 29 and a mass for Myanmar youth in St. Mary's Cathedral on November 30.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Journalists from Myanmar ask questions of Myanmar Catholic Bishops at a press event in Yangon Sunday. The Bishops were talking about the visit of Pope Francis to Myanmar. The Pope will visit Yangon November 27 - 30. He will have private meetings  with government officials, military leaders and Buddhist clergy. He will also participate in two masses, a public mass in a sports complex on November 29 and a mass for Myanmar youth in St. Mary's Cathedral on November 30.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 NOVEMBER 2017 - HWAMBI, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR: Father JOHN LEE (right) serves communion at Sacred Heart’s Catholic Church in Hwambi, about 90 minutes north of Yangon. Catholics in Myanmar are preparing for the visit of Pope Francis. He is coming to the Buddhist majority country November 27-30. There about 500,000 Catholics in Myanmar, about 1% of the population. Catholicism was originally brought to what is now Myanmar more than 500 years ago by Portuguese missionaries and traders.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 NOVEMBER 2017 - HWAMBI, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR: People pray during mass at Sacred Heart’s Catholic Church in Hwambi, about 90 minutes north of Yangon. Catholics in Myanmar are preparing for the visit of Pope Francis. He is coming to the Buddhist majority country November 27-30. There about 500,000 Catholics in Myanmar, about 1% of the population. Catholicism was originally brought to what is now Myanmar more than 500 years ago by Portuguese missionaries and traders.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    HwambiCatholicMass038.jpg
  • 19 NOVEMBER 2017 - HWAMBI, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR:  A man kneels in the portico during mass at Sacred Heart’s Catholic Church in Hwambi, about 90 minutes north of Yangon. More than 500 people attend mass at Sacred Heart's, and the sanctuary was full. Catholics in Myanmar are preparing for the visit of Pope Francis. He is coming to the Buddhist majority country November 27-30. There about 500,000 Catholics in Myanmar, about 1% of the population. Catholicism was originally brought to what is now Myanmar more than 500 years ago by Portuguese missionaries and traders.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 NOVEMBER 2017 - HWAMBI, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR:     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 NOVEMBER 2017 - HWAMBI, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR: A man walks into the compound of Sacred Heart’s Catholic Church in Hwambi, about 90 minutes north of Yangon, before mass. Catholics in Myanmar are preparing for the visit of Pope Francis. He is coming to the Buddhist majority country November 27-30. There about 500,000 Catholics in Myanmar, about 1% of the population. Catholicism was originally brought to what is now Myanmar more than 500 years ago by Portuguese missionaries and traders.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    HwambiCatholicMass013.jpg
  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People on the street, who were not able to get into the cathedral, pray during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMassCathedral061.jpg
  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People selling portraits of Pope Francis in front of the cathedral during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMassCathedral018.jpg
  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A man uses a Vatican flag as a sun shield during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMassCathedral016.jpg
  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People selling portraits of Pope Francis in front of the cathedral during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMassCathedral011.jpg
  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People selling portraits of Pope Francis in front of the cathedral during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMassCathedral006.jpg
  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People line up to get into the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh..    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People line up to get into the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh..    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMassCathedral001.jpg
  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  People pray at the end of the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  People pray during the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMass038.jpg
  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  People pray during the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMass033.jpg
  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  People pray during the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMass031.jpg
  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  People watch Pope Francis on large TV screens set up around the grounds of the Papal Mass. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A man sleeping in the sanctuary at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Yangon shakes out his longyi (traditional Burmese sarong) after he woke up Tuesday morning. He said he is going to the papal mass Wednesday. About 1,500 people are camping at the church before the papal mass at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground, about three kilometers from the church.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A woman prays in a chapel at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Yangon. About 1,500 people are camping at the church before the papal mass at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground, about three kilometers from the church.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A woman prays in a chapel at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Yangon. About 1,500 people are camping at the church before the papal mass at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground, about three kilometers from the church.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People with Myanmar and Vatican flags wait to see Pope Francis on his motorcade route into Yangon. Pope Francis arrived in Yangon Monday for a four day / three night visit. Tuesday he is going to the capitol, Naypyidaw (Nay Pyi Taw) to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi and other Myanmar leaders. Wednesday and Thursday he is saying mass in Yangon and on Thursday afternoon he is going to neighboring Bangladesh. There are around 450,000 Catholics in Burma, about 1% of the total population.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PopeArrival015.jpg
  • 27 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A boy with a Pope Francis decal on his cheeks waits to see the Pontiff. Pope Francis arrived in Yangon Monday for a four day / three night visit. Tuesday he is going to the capitol, Naypyidaw (Nay Pyi Taw) to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi and other Myanmar leaders. Wednesday and Thursday he is saying mass in Yangon and on Thursday afternoon he is going to neighboring Bangladesh. There are around 450,000 Catholics in Burma, about 1% of the total population.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A child with a Vatican flag waits to see Pope Francis on his motorcade route into Yangon. Pope Francis arrived in Yangon Monday for a four day / three night visit. Tuesday he is going to the capitol, Naypyidaw (Nay Pyi Taw) to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi and other Myanmar leaders. Wednesday and Thursday he is saying mass in Yangon and on Thursday afternoon he is going to neighboring Bangladesh. There are around 450,000 Catholics in Burma, about 1% of the total population.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PopeArrival004.jpg
  • 26 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A Catholic nun in front of St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon after buying flags (Vatican flag left, Myanmar flag right) honoring the visit of Pope Francis to Myanmar. The Pope will visit Yangon November 27 - 30. He will have private meetings  with government officials, military leaders and Buddhist clergy. He will also participate in two masses, a public mass in a sports complex on November 29 and a mass for Myanmar youth in St. Mary's Cathedral on November 30.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People at St. Mary's Cathedral buy memorabilia honoring the visit of Pope Francis to Myanmar after mass Sunday. The Pope will visit Yangon November 27 - 30. He will have private meetings  with government officials, military leaders and Buddhist clergy. He will also participate in two masses, a public mass in a sports complex on November 29 and a mass for Myanmar youth in St. Mary's Cathedral on November 30.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Billboards on Strand Road, near the Twante Canal waterfront area, welcome Pope Francis to Myanmar. The Pope is scheduled to visit Myanmar November 27-30.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Billboards on Strand Road, near the Twante Canal waterfront area, welcome Pope Francis to Myanmar. The Pope is scheduled to visit Myanmar November 27-30.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 NOVEMBER 2017 - HWAMBI, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR: People line up at Sacred Heart’s Catholic Church in Hwambi to get tickets to attend the Papal Mass in Yangon. The public mass will be held November 29. Catholics in Myanmar are preparing for the visit of Pope Francis. He is coming to the Buddhist majority country November 27-30. There about 500,000 Catholics in Myanmar, about 1% of the population. Catholicism was originally brought to what is now Myanmar more than 500 years ago by Portuguese missionaries and traders.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 NOVEMBER 2017 - HWAMBI, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR: People line up at Sacred Heart’s Catholic Church in Hwambi to get tickets to attend the Papal Mass in Yangon. The public mass will be held November 29. Catholics in Myanmar are preparing for the visit of Pope Francis. He is coming to the Buddhist majority country November 27-30. There about 500,000 Catholics in Myanmar, about 1% of the population. Catholicism was originally brought to what is now Myanmar more than 500 years ago by Portuguese missionaries and traders.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    HwambiCatholicMass056.jpg
  • 19 NOVEMBER 2017 - HWAMBI, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR: A woman with a papal flag she bought at Sacred Heart’s Catholic Church in Hwambi, about 90 minutes north of Yangon. Catholics in Myanmar are preparing for the visit of Pope Francis. He is coming to the Buddhist majority country November 27-30. There about 500,000 Catholics in Myanmar, about 1% of the population. Catholicism was originally brought to what is now Myanmar more than 500 years ago by Portuguese missionaries and traders.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 NOVEMBER 2017 - HWAMBI, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR: People buy tee shirts marking the Pope's visit to Myanmar at Sacred Heart’s Catholic Church in Hwambi, about 90 minutes north of Yangon. Catholics in Myanmar are preparing for the visit of Pope Francis. He is coming to the Buddhist majority country November 27-30. There about 500,000 Catholics in Myanmar, about 1% of the population. Catholicism was originally brought to what is now Myanmar more than 500 years ago by Portuguese missionaries and traders.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 NOVEMBER 2017 - HWAMBI, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR: The sanctuary is so full people sit on the floor during mass at Sacred Heart’s Catholic Church in Hwambi, about 90 minutes north of Yangon. Catholics in Myanmar are preparing for the visit of Pope Francis. He is coming to the Buddhist majority country November 27-30. There about 500,000 Catholics in Myanmar, about 1% of the population. Catholicism was originally brought to what is now Myanmar more than 500 years ago by Portuguese missionaries and traders.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 NOVEMBER 2017 - HWAMBI, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR: Children pray in Sacred Heart’s Catholic Church in Hwambi, about 90 minutes north of Yangon, before mass Sunday. Catholics in Myanmar are preparing for the visit of Pope Francis. He is coming to the Buddhist majority country November 27-30. There about 500,000 Catholics in Myanmar, about 1% of the population. Catholicism was originally brought to what is now Myanmar more than 500 years ago by Portuguese missionaries and traders.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 NOVEMBER 2017 - HWAMBI, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR: A woman prays in Sacred Heart’s Catholic Church in Hwambi, about 90 minutes north of Yangon, before mass Sunday. Catholics in Myanmar are preparing for the visit of Pope Francis. He is coming to the Buddhist majority country November 27-30. There about 500,000 Catholics in Myanmar, about 1% of the population. Catholicism was originally brought to what is now Myanmar more than 500 years ago by Portuguese missionaries and traders.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 NOVEMBER 2017 - HWAMBI, YANGON REGION, MYANMAR: A banner announcing the visit of Pope Francis to Myanmar hangs in front of Sacred Heart’s Catholic Church in Hwambi, about 90 minutes north of Yangon. Catholics in Myanmar are preparing for the visit of Pope Francis. He is coming to the Buddhist majority country November 27-30. There about 500,000 Catholics in Myanmar, about 1% of the population. Catholicism was originally brought to what is now Myanmar more than 500 years ago by Portuguese missionaries and traders.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People on the street, who were not able to get into the cathedral, pray during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People on the street, who were not able to get into the cathedral, pray during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A child with a Vatican flag sticker on his cheek during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Women in traditional dress, who were not able to get into the cathedral, pray on the street during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People on the street, who were not able to get into the cathedral, pray during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   A woman on the street uses a portrait of the Pope as a sun shield during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People on the grounds of the cathedral sit on the pavement during the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Women wave Vatican flags before the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Myanmar police check the credentials of people going into the cathedral before the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People in traditional clothing in line to get into the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People in traditional clothing in line to get into the Papal Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon. Thursday's mass was his last public appearance in Myanmar. From Myanmar the Pope went on to neighboring Bangladesh.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  A man hanging from a metal pole accepts communion during the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  People pray during the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  People pray during the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMass044.jpg
  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  People pray during the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PapalMass043.jpg
  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  People pray during the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  The altar of the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  People pray during the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  People watch Pope Francis drive the grounds of the Papal Mass in the Pope Mobile. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  People watch Pope Francis drive the grounds of the Papal Mass in the Pope Mobile. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  POPE FRANCIS, standing in the "Popemobile," drives through the crowd at the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  POPE FRANCIS, standing in the "Popemobile," drives through the crowd at the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  POPE FRANCIS, standing in the "Popemobile," drives through the crowd at the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A woman holding a Vatican flag appears to be sleeping before the Pope's arrival at the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: People wave Vatican and Myanmar flags before the Papal Mass in Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Myanmar attended the mass said by Pope Francis at Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in Yangon Wednesday. Pope Francis is on the first visit by a Pope to Myanmar.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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