Sentences with phrase «vast crowds on»

St John Paul - whose feast we mark in October - was a much - televised figure and drew vast crowds on world pilgrimages.

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The courageous Archbishop who celebrated Mass in the open air was the one who finally blessed the great new church — on a day of great joy and pouring rain with vast crowds attending — and who would later give that courage to the wider Church on his election to the Papacy as John Paul II.

The University has recently opened a Benedict XVI Centre specialising in Catholic social teaching, and is proud of its particular links with Pope Emeritus Benedict, who addressed a vast crowd of children gathered there from schools across Britain on his State Visit in 2010.

Picture... before your eyes Elijah and the vast crowd standing around him, and the sacrifice lying on the altar of stones.

On the vast lawn of the plaza near the courthouse in Brooklyn where Peter Liang, a former NYPD officer, was convicted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man just over a week ago, a crowd of several thousand people gathered on Saturday in Liang's supporOn the vast lawn of the plaza near the courthouse in Brooklyn where Peter Liang, a former NYPD officer, was convicted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man just over a week ago, a crowd of several thousand people gathered on Saturday in Liang's supporon Saturday in Liang's support.

On the vast chicken farms of Asia, where millions of birds are crowded under disease - factory conditions, H5N1 gained tremendous virulence, becoming a sophisticated chicken - killing machine.

While Jeffers heads a huge church, his sermons carried on a TV screen for a vast crowd, Toller is at the helm of a miniscule Dutch Reformed Church built during the mid-18th century.

Because Ucluelet shores provide vast shorelines, the beaches are seldom crowded with surfers allowing every surfer the space needed to tear up big waves or learn on smaller ones without interfering with one another.

And if you give even the smallest indication that you are in fact, a first time visitor to any Capetonian, prepare for the impromptu assignment as your new tour guide to Cape Town, promising you a first time look at the views from Signal Hill; a trek up Lion's Head to take that infamous Instagram shot or check out a Supermoon; get raucously day drunk on the train to Kalk Bay; bathe in the sun among the Penguins of Boulders; engorge yourselves in Clarke's Bar's twice fried fries, all before finding yourselves at a secret block party or in the wake of the ever growing crowds of First Thursday, only to end the night with a craft beer from P&G, all the while making new friends of the vast array of metropolitan wildlife and colourful personalities Cape Town has to offer.

Don't miss the chateau in the heart of the village, perched magnificently on the edge of a fussy pond flanked by vast, manicured gardens that houses a massive collection of pre-modern oil paintings, all displayed in the crowded, colorful 19th century style.

During its celebratory opening days, the museum showcased five performances from its collection, acquired over the past decade — among them, Tania Bruguera's iconic meditation on state power Tatlin's Whisper # 5 (2008), in which two police officers on horseback ride through the gallery (in the Tate's case, the vast Turbine Hall), performing pointless crowd - control exercises.

The AAII crowd is probably different, but the vast majority of families could really use a few hundred thou when somebody dies, and they are unlikely to be concerned about what the return on investment was.