With a lot of fervor, the entire country is preparing to receive Pope Francis in January. This is not hard to digest. We could be the last truly Catholic country in the world after the Vatican, and most of us are eager to see the Pope. In all our churches, prayers are being said after Mass these days to prepare the minds and hearts of the faithful for this visit.

Francis will be the third pope to visit since Blessed Paul VI first came in 1970. There is every reason to treat this as a very special event. From the two million faithful that turned up for the first papal visit, the numbers have grown since. On World Youth Day1995 in Manila, his second Philippine visit, Saint John Paul II presided over the biggest gathering of Christians ever assembled on the face of the earth. This would not be easy to match, but it wouldn’t hurt to try.

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