Pope's outdoor mass in Brazil draws huge crowd
Fri May 11, 2007
By Todd Benson

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians gathered in Sao Paulo on Friday to see Pope Benedict canonize the first native-born saint in the world's largest Roman Catholic nation.

The faithful came from all over Brazil and several other Latin America countries. Many camped out overnight on the Campo de Marte military airfield on the edge of the city, braving bitingly cold weather.

Police said close to 1 million people turned out to see the Pope, who on the first two days of his visit to Brazil has firmly reinforced the Church's opposition to abortion and called for a return to traditional family values. the rest