Pilgrims sought shelter to catch glimpse of pope

at least a million are expected to make their way to juarez for pope francis’s arrival. the majority of them, however, have already arrived in our sister city. abc7’s josie ortegon is live in juarez with more of our complete coverage: hilary, stephanie. i’m at cibeles, this is the official meeting area for all of the press, just as a member of the media, i’ve met reporters from as far as houston. but–they’re not the only ones from out of town. pilgrims and visitors alike spent the night in juarez to get a head start on following pope francis today. many of them found shelter at schools and churches. including one church–san lorenzo catholic church–which sits along the pal route. it’s one of the many locations, visitors were scouting to try to catch a glimpse of the pope. we spoke with one young woman who drove with her family all the way from odessa to be in his presence: cg: ireque vargas, 11:22:15-11:22:29 “i told m mom,when i see him, it’s something spiritual. so i’m like, i want to see him. it’s something, it’s hard to explain, but once you see him, you wanna go be near him. and i think that’s what brought us here.” many of the roads were shut down at midnight. i is going to be a lot harder to navigate through the city. if you plan to do so, the best advice is to get here as early as you can. juarez was once known as the “murder capital of the world” but