Pope Francis wanted to meet Yolanda survivors as soon as he could

Pope Francis was originally scheduled to visit the Philippines in January 2016 instead of this month, but the devastation supertyphoon Yolanda left changed that. "Lagi niyang sinubaybayan yung paguunlad ng rehabilitation process ng Yolanda-affected areas. Naramdaman niya bilang pastor na kailangan siyang lumapit sa mga tao,” said Fr. Luciano Felloni, who had then Fr. Jorge Bergoglio as priest-confesor.

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