Less and less people are showing up for rockstar Francis

Attendance at the 12 March 2015 general audience of Francis was short of the enormous crowds he was drawing last year. Our diagnosis at Call Me Jorge... is that Francis Fatigue has officially set in. Time and warm temperatures will tell if it metastasizes into something else or is just a temporary ailment of Francis' reign.

When is the mainstream media going to report on the dwindling crowds?

Where did the people go?

Do stone pillars count as attendees?

St. Peter's Square is looking empty

That's empty square in front of Francis.

A closer view of the empty square, those people must be four deep.

The bird's eye view of the crowd leaving.


— Highlights —

another sign from God?

a yerba mate pit stop

the infant kissing assembly line

five children kissed and one zucchetto worn!

More: 

• Where did the people go?

• Sparse crowds again but more than last week's general audience...

• Is Francis Fatigue here to stay?