Today Pope Francis went to MalacaƱan Palace to have
a courtesy call to the President, upon arriving at the Palace he was welcomed
with honors. Pope Francis was walking towards the entrance of the Palace when a
woman carrying his child walked up to him and let her kiss her baby then other
children started to come but he still blessed and kissed them all. Inside the
Palace Pope Francis signed the official guest book and left a message which he
encourages the Philippines and blesses it. The Pope gave an atlas to President
Aquino and in exchange President Aquino gave the Pope a wooden sculpture of Mama
Mary. Pope Francis gave his speech inside the MalacaƱan where he said that
people should stop corruption in the Philippines.
Pope
Francis rides the Pope Mobile to the Manila Cathedral to conduct a mass in
front of 2000 priests, choir members and etc. this is the first time that the
Pope will have a mass in the Philippines. The people in the street still wait
avidly for the Pope and they were not failed because when the Pope passes them
he gives them a smile and wave which lifts up their spirit and eases away their
pain and sufferings and he still waves and smiles when he arrives and gets off
of the Pope mobile. When Pope Francis walks down the aisle of the Cathedral all
the other priest began taking pictures of him. When he started his homily he
laughed when someone answered his question “Do You Love Me?” which he was only
reading from the bible. On his homily he talked about love for everything, the
poor which we must help to be rich and, the Filipino culture.
After the Mass at the Cathedral the
Pope visits street children which are all under the care of Tulay ng Kabataan. After
all the events in the Manila Cathedral the Pope went back to the Apostolic
Nunciature to have lunch before going to the MOA Arena and then the rain
started pouring along the way but the people in the streets were not scared
because they still wanted to see the Pope. The Pope went to the MOA Arena to
have meeting with the families, as he enters he touches children and kisses
them and blesses them also. In the MOA Arena the Pope interacts with the
families and he also learned how to say Thank You in sign language, the Pope
also tells the Filipinos to dream and love which is very encouraging and
inspiring. This is all he has done for the day and tomorrow he will go to Leyte
to visit the Yolanda (Haiyan) survivors. (HOT @ THE PHILIPPINES).
Part 3 of Papal Visit (Here)
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