Tacloban, Philippines, April 22, 2025 (AFP) - Philippine typhoon victims remember day Pope Francis brought hope

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Fourteen months after the deadliest storm in Philippine history, Pope Francis stood on a rain-swept stage to deliver a message of hope to the battered town of Tacloban. It was desperately needed, mayor Alfred Romualdez told AFP on Tuesday, a day after the pontiff died in Rome. Already in his late 70s, the pope had insisted on making the January 2015 trip to the central Philippines despite an approaching storm. "He didn't have to do that. He didn'......

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