Following the farewell ceremony on Friday, the pope took a six-hour flight to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, but otherwise had no official engagements in his diary for the day, giving him a short break after a packed programme in Jakarta.
The Vatican had originally expected the Mass to draw some 60,000 people, and organisers predicted 80,000. But the Vatican spokesperson quoted local organisers as saying more than 100,000 had attended.
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