Look to Pope Francis and his message of tolerance
The past week, we followed the coverage of Pope Francis’ pastoral visits to Cuba and the US.
The past week, we followed the coverage of Pope Francis’ pastoral visits to Cuba and the US.
One of the most moving scenes for me during Pope Francis’ recent Philippine visit was that of him and Cardinal Tagle consoling Kristel Padasas’ father at the Nunciature, after she
It has been over a week since Pope Francis left Manila, yet his visit is still the topic of conversations. We are, indeed, on a papal high; he is still in our hearts, where hopefully, he will remain for a long time.
Pope Francis may have taken his papal name from the very popular medieval saint who reformed the Church that had gotten cozy with power and materialism by embracing mendicancy. But, of course, the papacy then as now could never take poverty literally.
He’s been gone a week and I miss him already. His Holiness Pope Francis has truly left an imprint in the hearts of all Filipinos.
“There is no answer.” When Pope Francis said this in reply to a child’s question on why God allowed children to suffer, people caught it and hung on to it—the Vicar of Christ professed not to know the answer.
Francis was here! But, as luck would have it, both Vergel and I were at the time feeling the painful reality of seniorhood—he had just had a tooth extraction and I was between my first and second root-canal sessions. Actually, we’ve been, for our general sakes, reining in our usual eagerness to be a part of any mass action, no matter how close the cause might be to our hearts.
The past week went by too fast. Preparations were frenzied. Planning took months. Everything needed to be close to perfect. They had dry runs. But we didn’t have to rehearse the outpouring of love and warmth.
Last year, after saving up for over a year and recovering from illness, I gave myself a long-anticipated 50th birthday gift: a pilgrimage to visit my favorite saints in Europe, and to see Pope Francis in person in Rome.
Your mantra for the week: “I AM truly a winner in all aspects of my life.”
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