10,000 expected at Pope Francis’s 11 a.m. mass

Some 10,000 are expected for Pope Francis’s mass in Bethlehem’s Manger Square, set to take place at 11 a.m.

Francis is slated to meet Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas and other Palestinian leaders at 10 a.m., after which he will drive in an open-top car through Bethlehem to Manger Square.

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