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Brazil researchers: Church inflated size of crowd celebrating Mass with Pope Francis in Rio

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Pope Francis waves from his popemobile along the Copacabana beachfront on his way to celebrate the World Youth Day's closing Mass in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 28, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of young people slept under chilly skies in the white sand awaiting Francis' final Mass for WYD. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)