Members of Congress gathered at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on Thursday as part of America's 250th birthday celebration.
Pope Francis made an unexpected stop Sunday during the papal parade to visit the Knotted Grotto.
Pope Francis urged hundreds of thousands of the faithful gathered Sunday for the biggest event of his U.S. visit to be open to "miracles of love," closing out his joyful six-day trip with a message of hope for families, consolation for victims of child sexual abuse and a warning to America's bishops.
Read the full text of Pope Francis' Sunday Mass homily concluding the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia.
Crowds gathered for the papal parade and Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia.
Read the full text of Pope Francis' speech to prisoners at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility near Philadelphia.