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Thursday, January 15, 2015

Pope Francis Visits Philippines Friday Jan 16,2015

 Pope Francis in the Philippines
Pope Francis's Philippines schedule
  • Friday - meets President Benigno Aquino and celebrates Mass in Manila Cathedral
  • Saturday - heads to Tacloban, to celebrate Mass and have lunch with survivors of Typhoon Haiyan. Returns to Manila that evening.
  • Sunday - morning meeting with representatives of various religions and with young people, before celebrating Mass for up to six million people in Rizal Park 
President Benigno Aquino (R) hosted a welcome ceremony for the Pope at the presidential palace on Friday
Pope Francis, left, and Philippine President Benigno Aquino III stand together during the welcoming ceremony Friday, 16 January 2015 at the Presidential Palace grounds in Manila, Philippines  
Pope Francis travelled to Manila's Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in his Popemobile on Friday
Pope Francis waves to the faithful from his Popemobile as his motorcade leaves the Presidential Palace for the Manila Cathedral Friday, 16 January 2015 in Manila, Philippines.   
Priests take pictures of Pope Francis (2nd L) as he arrives to lead a mass for local Catholic leaders in Manila on January 16, 2015
Priests take pictures of Pope Francis (2nd L) as he arrives to lead a mass for local Catholic leaders in Manila on January 16, 2015  


 Before the final mass, the Pope held morning meetings with religious leaders and young people at the University of Santo Tomas which is the biggest Catholic university in Asia.
Charisma: Pope Francis gestures as he delivers a message during his meeting with the youth at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila
Pope Francis opened his meeting with over 20,000 students by remembering the 27-year-old woman who had died during his visit to Tacloban.


Thousands of people arrived at Rizal Park on Jan 18,2015 Sunday morning, hours before the Mass is due to begin.
Thousands of people fill the Rizal Park area where Pope Francis is to celebrate Mass to an estimated six million in Manila.
Biggest mass ever? Six million were expected to come to see Pope Francis saying Mass in Manila, the Philippine capital 
'Sea of faith': Organisers  expected as many as 6million people, more than the 5million who flocked to a Mass there by Pope John Paul in 1995
Twenty years ago, more than five million people attended a Mass celebrated here by Pope John Paul II.
The Vatican said Pope Francis would dedicate the service in part to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the country in 2013.
Faithful: Filipino Catholics lift arms, rosaries and smartphones as Pope Francis trundles past in a special popemobile ahead of saying Mass
The Mass will be the Pope's final full day in the Philippines, where there are 80 million Catholics, concluding his six-day tour of Asia.
Catholic Church organisers said they were preparing for a crowd of up to six million, despite forecasts of rain for early evening when the pope is due to give mass at a giant park.
If the turnout is as big as expected, the crowd would surpass the previous record for a papal gathering of five million during a mass by John Paul II at the same venue in 1995.

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