Photo gallery: Massive lines to see Pope Francis
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Massive lines leave people in limbo while waiting to see Pope Francis for mass on his final day in Philadelphia, September 27, 2015.
Countless pilgrims wait in a huge line taking up 21st Street in Philadelphia before the papal mass Sunday, September 27, 2015. Many waited in line for several hours and some never even got through security and onto the parkway.
- Bill Fraser / Staff Photographer
Peter and Kristen Glunz from Lower Makefield wait in line along 21st Street in Philadelphia for a security checkpoint with their children (from left) Olivia, 12, Isabelle, 8, Meredith, 10, and Henry, 14 (upper right in red) during the papal mass Sunday, September 27, 2015. Also pictured is Isabelle's friend, Julia Klulowski, 8 (yellow shirt).
- Bill Fraser / Staff Photographer
An ambulance drives through a massive line of pilgrams on 21st street waiting to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
Rory Trout, 6, of Lexington, North Carolina, is embraced by mom Meredith while waiting in a massive line on 21st street for hours to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
Porta Pottys line the sidewalk at the beginning of the route on 21st street as people wait to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
A member of the National Guard hands out bottles of water to pilgrims stuck in line on 21st Street in Philadelphia during the papal mass Sunday, September 27, 2015. These people never even got through security and onto the parkway for the mass.
- Bill Fraser / Staff Photographer
Pastor Temoxtle of Southwest Philadelphia climbs on a concrete barrier to take a picture of a massive line on 21st Street while waiting to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms, trashcans or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
Roland Trout of Lexington, North Carolina, holds up son David, 16 months, to wave to pilgrams, while waiting to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
Volunteers Debbie Pirrami, middle, of Langhorne, and daughter Kelly, share a slice with Philadelphia Police Officer Mercado while stationed on 21st street to oversee a massive line that formed of pilgrams waiting to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
An enormous line forms on 21st Street of pilgrams waiting to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
Maria Rodriguez of the Dominican Republic sings with her group and chants "El Papa esta presente," while waiting to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
From right: Caroline Zakrzewski, of Ambler, a student at Boston College, jumps over a concrete barrier blocking the line on 21st street to Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015, while wearing makeshift newspaper pope hats with twin sister Liz, and Sinead Merriman of Riverton, New Jersey, both of whom are students at St. Joe's University. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
A woman in a wheelchair goes away from an entrance on 21st Street as a massive lined formed of pilgrams waiting to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
Michele Puffer of Quakertown (left) and Francie Babik of Perkasie wait in line on 21st Street in Philadelphia for a security checkpoint before entering the papal mass celebration Sunday, September 27, 2015. They were part of a group of over 100 people from St. Agnes in Sellersville.
- Bill Fraser / Staff Photographer
Trash is piled high at the end of the line on 21st Street where ticketed people waited to go through security checkpoints to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
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Pilgrims frantically wave at and photograph Pope Francis as he enters the parkway in Philadelphia for the papal mass Sunday, September 27, 2015.
- Bill Fraser / Staff Photographer
Countless pilgrims wait in a huge line taking up 21st Street in Philadelphia before the papal mass Sunday, September 27, 2015. Many waited in line for several hours and some never even got through security and onto the parkway.
- Bill Fraser / Staff Photographer
People line up on 21st street while waiting to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
Peter and Kristen Glunz from Lower Makefield wait in line along 21st Street in Philadelphia for a security checkpoint with their children (from left) Olivia, 12, Isabelle, 8, Meredith, 10, and Henry, 14 (upper right in red) during the papal mass Sunday, September 27, 2015. Also pictured is Isabelle's friend, Julia Klulowski, 8 (yellow shirt).
- Bill Fraser / Staff Photographer
An ambulance drives through a massive line of pilgrams on 21st street waiting to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
Rory Trout, 6, of Lexington, North Carolina, is embraced by mom Meredith while waiting in a massive line on 21st street for hours to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
People line up on 21st Street while waiting to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
A security checkpoint on 21st Street in Philadelphia during the papal mass in Philadelphia Sunday, September 27, 2015.
- Bill Fraser / Staff Photographer
A police officer clears a path in a sea of pilgrims on 21st Street in Philadelphia for an ambulance before the papal mass Sunday, September 27, 2015.
- Bill Fraser / Staff Photographer
Sister Hosanna from Philadelphia climbs over a concrete barricade on 21st Street as she nears a security checkpoint before the papal mass Sunday, September 27, 2015.
- Bill Fraser / Staff Photographer
Porta Pottys line the sidewalk at the beginning of the route on 21st street as people wait to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
Federal agents and local police monitor pilgrims as they wait in line along 21st Street in Philadelphia during the papal mass Sunday, September 27, 2015. Many of these people never made it into the event.
- Bill Fraser / Staff Photographer
A member of the National Guard hands out bottles of water to pilgrims stuck in line on 21st Street in Philadelphia during the papal mass Sunday, September 27, 2015. These people never even got through security and onto the parkway for the mass.
- Bill Fraser / Staff Photographer
Pastor Temoxtle of Southwest Philadelphia climbs on a concrete barrier to take a picture of a massive line on 21st Street while waiting to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms, trashcans or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
Roland Trout of Lexington, North Carolina, holds up son David, 16 months, to wave to pilgrams, while waiting to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
Volunteers Debbie Pirrami, middle, of Langhorne, and daughter Kelly, share a slice with Philadelphia Police Officer Mercado while stationed on 21st street to oversee a massive line that formed of pilgrams waiting to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
An enormous line forms on 21st Street of pilgrams waiting to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
Maria Rodriguez of the Dominican Republic sings with her group and chants "El Papa esta presente," while waiting to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
From right: Caroline Zakrzewski, of Ambler, a student at Boston College, jumps over a concrete barrier blocking the line on 21st street to Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015, while wearing makeshift newspaper pope hats with twin sister Liz, and Sinead Merriman of Riverton, New Jersey, both of whom are students at St. Joe's University. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
A woman in a wheelchair goes away from an entrance on 21st Street as a massive lined formed of pilgrams waiting to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
Michele Puffer of Quakertown (left) and Francie Babik of Perkasie wait in line on 21st Street in Philadelphia for a security checkpoint before entering the papal mass celebration Sunday, September 27, 2015. They were part of a group of over 100 people from St. Agnes in Sellersville.
- Bill Fraser / Staff Photographer
Rylee Howard, 6, of Chestnut Hill waits in line with her mother, Colleen, to pass through a security checkpoint for the papal mass in Philadelphia Sunday, September 27, 2015.
- Bill Fraser / Staff Photographer
Trash is piled high at the end of the line on 21st Street where ticketed people waited to go through security checkpoints to see Pope Francis' Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway on September 27, 2015. Lines were multiple hours-long waits with no bathrooms or handicap entrances along the route.
- Chloe Elmer/Staff Photographer
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Long lines could not dampen the mood of the tens of thousands that made their way to the Ben Franklin Parkway to hear Sunday Mass delivered by Pope Francis.
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