Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle announces the visit of the Pope to the Philippines during a press conference at the Pope Pius XII Catholic Center in Manila on Monday. PHOTO BY EDWIN MULI
Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle announces the visit of the Pope to the Philippines during a press conference at the Pope Pius XII Catholic Center in Manila on Monday. PHOTO BY EDWIN MULI

Pope Francis is to visit the Philippines, Asia’s bastion of the Catholic faith, in January 2015 to comfort victims of disasters including Super Typhoon Yolanda, local church leaders said on Monday.

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