Word: luneta
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...best, as usual, before big crowds, twirling his cane like a baton and tapping his crozier on the ground to the beat of the music. No assembly was bigger than the one in Manila, where an estimated 3 million to 4 million people attended Mass in Luneta Park. The scene was so chaotic that the Pope had to change plans and arrived by helicopter, an hour and a half late. A smaller but more colorful turnout welcomed him in Papua New Guinea, where he presided over the beatification--a prelude to sainthood--of lay catechist Peter...