UNITED NATIONS: Pope Francis on Friday began a closely watched visit to the United Nations, where he will deliver a wide-ranging speech at the start of a full day in the Big Apple ending with a mass at Madison Square Garden.

The leader of the world’s more than one billion Roman Catholics arrived at the UN headquarters on New York’s East River at around 8 p.m. Philippine time where he was welcomed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and dozens of waving children.

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