Pope Francis wraps up Brazil trip with Mass for 3 million

An estimated 3 million people poured onto Rio's Copacabana beach on Sunday for the final Mass of Pope Francis' historic trip to his home continent, cheering the first Latin American pope in one of the biggest turnouts for a papal Mass in recent history.
Speaking from a white stage and
looking out over the enormous
crowd, Francis urged young
Catholics to go out and spread
their faith "to the fringes of society, even to those who seem farthest away, most indifferent."
"The church needs you, your
enthusiasm, your creativity and the joy that is so characteristic of you!" he said to applause in his final homily of World Youth Day.
Nearly the entire 4 kilometer (2.5
mile) crescent of Copacabana's
broad beach overflowed with flag-
waving faithful, some of them
taking an early morning dip in the
Atlantic and others tossing t-shirts,
flags and soccer jerseys into the
pontiff's open-sided car as he
drove by. Francis worked the
crowd, kissing babies, taking a sip
of mate tea handed up to him and
catching gifts on the fly. Hundreds of thousands of people crowd Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on July 28, 2013.