Pope Francis visits North America, Juarez 2016, New Mexican visit the Pope
Pope Francis leaves Chamizal park after delivering mass on the border on Wednesday Feb. 17, 2016.
People who couldn’t get in to listen to mass by Pope Francis listen outside on the streets Wednesday afternoon in Ciudad Juarez on Feb. 22, 2016.
Arnold Baca waves his tickets for a mass celebrated by Pope Francis in Ciudad Juarez that he got from the Catholic Center in Albuquerque, N.M., Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016. “I am thrilled,” said Baca who planned to make the trip to Juarez with a family member. Church officials expect that 220,000 people will attend the Papal Mass, which will take place Feb. 17, 2016, at Antigua Feria Expo (Old Fairgrounds) in a large field near Benito Juarez Stadium. About 200 people waited in line Saturday morning for the 500 free tickets that were available. (Marla Brose/Albuquerque Journal)
Sister Edna Esquibel, director of religious education for the Archdiocese, offers hot chocolate and coffee to people waiting in line at the Catholic Center in Albuquerque, N.M., Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, for tickets to get into a mass celebrated by Pope Francis in Ciudad Juarez. Church officials expect that 220,000 people will attend the Papal Mass, which will take place Feb. 17, 2016, at Antigua Feria Expo (Old Fairgrounds) in a large field near Benito Juarez Stadium. About 200 people waited in line Saturday morning for the 500 free tickets that were available. (Marla Brose/Albuquerque Journal)
Pope Francis arrives in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua as he waves from the popemobile along Tecnologico boulevard Wednesday morning Feb. 22, 2016.
Thousands of visitors line the streets near Chamizal park where Pope Francis will speak Wednesday afternoon in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua on Feb. 22, 2016.
People who couldn't get in to listen to mass by Pope Francis listen outside on the streets Wednesday afternoon in Ciudad Juarez. Juarez, Mexico(Albuquerque Journal)
Just some of the New Mexicans who attended Pope Francis’ appearance with President Barack Obama at the White House on Wednesday. From Left, Bryon Paez and his wife, Sharon, Angie Martinez and Tony Martinez.
Michael Wesley, Deacon with St. Therese of the infant Jesus Catholic Church blesses the vans that the 140 parishioners traveling from Albuquerque to Philadelphia to see Pope Francis. Wednesday, Sept.23, 2015
The 140 parishioners traveling from Albuquerque to Philadelphia to see Pope Francis. Wednesday, Sept.23, 2015.
Pope Francis greets Archbishop of Santa Fe Michael Sheehan on March 26, 2014, in Rome.
