The supreme pontiff of the Roman Catholic faith showcased how determined he was to join the victims of super typhoon Yolanda as he celebrated the highly anticipated mass with hundreds of thousands of pilgrims on Saturday morning despite the onslaught of Bagyong Amang.
Pope Francis wore a yellow raincoat over his vestments while celebrating the mass at the ground zero of super typhoon Yolanda, at the Tacloban City international airport.
The 78-year-old Pope delivered his homily in his native tongue Spanish, departing from the prepared message in English. The Pope even asked the crowd to speak in Spanish and he has a translator that is very a very good translator to translate the message to the people.
Pope Francis consoled survivors of super typhoon Yolanda, saying that they can identify themselves with Jesus Christ, who suffered like they did.
During Pope Francis homily he was quoted as saying “Jesus always goes before us … And if today we find ourselves 14 months afterwards here, 14 months precisely after the typhoon Yolanda hit, it is because we have the security of knowing that we are not going to weaken in our faith, because Jesus has been there before us,” Pope Francis stated on his homily.
According to the Roman Catholic pontiff, the leader of the billion-strong Roman Catholics worldwide, is now on its third day in the Philippines, also explained that even when many have lost their homes, livelihood and loved ones, God did not leave them.