Free tickets to be offered for 2 Philadelphia papal events

PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Free tickets will be available Wednesday for people who want to be within a few blocks of papal events Sept. 26 and 27 on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway during the visit by Pope Francis to Philadelphia.

The archdiocese of Philadelphia says 10,000 tickets will be available online at 4 p.m. Wednesday for the Sept. 26 closing festival of the World Meeting of Families. Officials said 10,000 tickets will also be available at 8 p.m. Wednesday for the Sept. 27 Mass with Pope Francis on the parkway

Tickets for both events will be available at www.worldmeeting2015.org/tickets on a first-come, first-served basis. Individuals are limited to four tickets per person.      

The 10,0000 tickets made available Tuesday for the pope’s Sept. 26 speech at Independence Mall were snapped up within two minutes.

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