The palpable energy 20,000 visitors brought to downtown Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families intensified Friday when police closed streets to prepare for up to 1 million people who hope to see Pope Francis.
Dozens of confused pedestrians trying to find detours around the barricades early Friday afternoon stopped on a corner of Arch Street in front of the Pennsylvania Convention Center to ask directions from Peter and Toby Christensen, an LDS couple from Colorado working as volunteers this week for the Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
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