Pope Francis boards his Philippine Airlines

chartered plane following a pastoral visit to

Manila and typhoon-ravaged Tacloban city
Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Pope Francis flew out of
this Catholic bastion in Asia on Monday after a
weeklong trip that included a visit to Sri Lanka
and drew what Filipino officials says was a
record crowd of 6 million faithful in a Manila park
where he celebrated Mass
In this aerial photo provided by the Philippine Air
Force, a massive crowd of Filipino faithful fill up
the Rizal Park during a Mass celebrated by Pope
Francis Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015 in Manila,
Philippines. Millions filled Manilas main park
and surrounding areas for Pope Francis final
Mass in the Philippines, braving a steady rain to
hear the pontiffs message of hope and
consolation for the Southeast Asian countrys
most downtrodden and destitute.

Pope Francis, right, looks at the Palo Cathedral,

as he arrives for a short address, Saturday, Jan.
17, 2015. Francis traveled to the far eastern
Philippines to comfort survivors of devastating
Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 on Saturday, but cut his
own trip short because of another approaching
storm. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Priests take photos as Pope Francis arrives to

celebrate a mass for clergy in the Cathedral of
the Immaculate Conception, in Manila,
Philippines, Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. Pope Francis
called on Filipinos to reject the corruption that
has plagued this Asian nation for decades and
urged them to instead work to end its
scandalous poverty as he brought his message
of social justice to Filipinos who cheered him
wildly at every turn. (AP Photo/Alessandra
Tarantino)

Pope Francis shakes hands with President

Benigno Aquino III, in Manila, Philippines, Friday,
Jan. 16, 2015. Everything I have said has not
been to criticize but to speak the truth for the

Pope Francis peered from his window before

disembarking from the plane on Jan. 15. (Bullit
Marquez/AP)
truth shall set us all free. If we are able to settle
our differences, can we not benefit our people
quicker? said President Benigno Aquino III, in
his address to the Philippine clergy during a call
by Francis at the presidential palace. Aquinos
support for a new law that allows the
Pope Francis embraced Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle,
Pope Francis waves to Filipinos upon his
Archbishop
contraceptives led to strong criticism from some
of Manila,.
(LOsservatore
Romano, Pool)
arrival
in Manila, Philippines,
Thursday, Jan.
church leaders. (AP
15, 2015. The Pope arrived in Manila for a
government to distribute artificial

pastoral visit which is expected to draw

millions of faithful where about 81-percent of
the population is Catholic. (AP Photo/Aaron
Favila)