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| Pope Francis visits Philadelphia on fifth day of US tour – live | |
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| 2.18pm BST14:18 | |
| The Pope has left New York – but in case you were wondering what effect the pontiff’s departure has on air traffic, have a look at the line of planes here. | |
| All planes at JFK waiting for @Pontifex to take off. #PopeInUS pic.twitter.com/A0D9hjsgZI | |
| 2.11pm BST14:11 | |
| Pope Francis’s plane is scheduled to depart for Philadelphia in the next few minutes – he has reportedly boarded and the plane is rolling down the runway now. | |
| Pope Francis boarding plane for #Philadelphia #popeinphilly #Fox29Pope pic.twitter.com/8h03DbW3ST | |
| Journalists, the faithful and what appears to be a high school band are already in position at Philadelphia International Airport. We’ll try to find out more information about who is waiting for Francis’s arrival there. | |
| For now, you can track Pope Francis’s flight with us, at FlightAware. He’ll be flying in the same American Airlines chartered Boeing 777 jet as he took to New York’s John F Kennedy airport. | |
| Francis typically sits at the front of what is often called Shepherd One, with his entourage just behind him and journalists in coach. | |
| 1.40pm BST13:40 | 1.40pm BST13:40 |
| Good morning, and welcome to Day Eight of Guardian US live coverage of Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia. | Good morning, and welcome to Day Eight of Guardian US live coverage of Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia. |
| In the next few moments, the pope will depart from John F Kennedy airport in Queens, New York. The next stop on his three-city tour of the US is just a short hop by plane – he is expected to land within an hour, then be whisked off to the cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in the heart of the city. | In the next few moments, the pope will depart from John F Kennedy airport in Queens, New York. The next stop on his three-city tour of the US is just a short hop by plane – he is expected to land within an hour, then be whisked off to the cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in the heart of the city. |
| At around 7.30am ET, the Associated Press reported that two US marine helicopters had taken off from New York’s Kennedy airport to pick up Pope Francis in Manhattan. Worshippers and church officials had gathered for a brief farewell on the JFK tarmac, the AP said, including seven cloistered nuns from the Precious Blood Seminary in Brooklyn. Four of them were originally from the pope’s native Argentina. | At around 7.30am ET, the Associated Press reported that two US marine helicopters had taken off from New York’s Kennedy airport to pick up Pope Francis in Manhattan. Worshippers and church officials had gathered for a brief farewell on the JFK tarmac, the AP said, including seven cloistered nuns from the Precious Blood Seminary in Brooklyn. Four of them were originally from the pope’s native Argentina. |
| We’ll be covering the pope’s moves all day, as he travels from the basilica to Independence Mall and then a Festival of Families prayer event on Benjamin Franklin Parkway. | We’ll be covering the pope’s moves all day, as he travels from the basilica to Independence Mall and then a Festival of Families prayer event on Benjamin Franklin Parkway. |
| Updated at 1.50pm BST | Updated at 1.50pm BST |