Next Stop for Pope Francis Is Philippines

Pope Francis travels Thursday to Asia's only majority Roman Catholic nation where he will celebrate an outdoor Mass with a crowd that is expected to number in the millions. The pontiff’s visit to the Philippines is the first since Pope John Paul II’s in 1995. While there, Pope Francis will also meet with some survivors of the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan. On Wednesday, the pope called for unity and forgiveness during a sermon in Sri Lanka's war-torn north. Tens of thousands from across...

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