What Filipino Catholics can do for Pope Francis

This column’s recent three-part article on Pope Francis (March 19, 24 and 26) concluded with a discussion on the three big ways in which Filipinos are wielding increasing influence in the Catholic Church and helping shape its future.

As expounded by veteran Vatican watcher and papal biographer John Allen Jr. in his March 12 talk at Divine Word Seminary in Tagaytay, the 80 million or so Filipino Catholics, especially the thousands of clergy and millions of ordinary believers around the globe, are a wellspring of faith in a world where devotion is waning in many places.