Pope Francis Makes Vatican Tourism Explode
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LONDON (CNNMoney)
Visits to the Vatican roughly tripled last year as people flocked to see Pope Francis.
Officials said more than 6.6 million people attended Vatican events led by Pope Francis since his election in March 2013, noting that there was a significant increase in visitors compared to the previous year.
Roughly 2.3 million people visited Vatican events led by Pope Benedict in 2012.
Pope Francis has been drawing huge crowds since he was chosen as Benedict's successor.
His presence has given the Vatican a public relations boost, and he has inspired public admiration with deeds such as inviting homeless men to his birthday meal and taking a teenage boy with Down syndrome on a ride on his Popemobile.
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http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/03/news/pope-vatican-tourism/
It seems people are responding overwhelmingly positive to this new Popes message of economic justice!
Pope - 1 Austerity - 0 !!!! 
