More Than 6.6 Million Attended Vatican Events With Pope Francis In 2013

In the first nine and a half months of Pope Francis' pontificate, more than 6.6 million people participated in papal events at the Vatican, including weekly general audiences, group audiences, liturgies and recitations of the Angelus and "Regina Coeli" on Sundays and holy days. The statistics, compiled by the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household and released Jan. 2, do not include figures from Pope Francis' trip to Brazil for World Youth Day in July 2013, or his visits to Italian locations outside the Vatican.