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Κυριακή 18 Ιανουαρίου 2015

.... 'why does God allow children to become prostitutes?'

Pious: A student holds a Bible during the visit by Pope Francis to the University of Santo Tomas    Biggest mass ever? Six million were expected to come to see Pope Francis saying Mass in Manila, the Philippine capital 
A record six million people poured into Manila's rain-soaked streets and its biggest park as Pope Francis ended his Asian pilgrimage with the biggest-ever papal mass.
The crowd estimate included people who attended the Pope's final Mass in Rizal Park and surrounding areas, and lined his motorcade route, said officials in the Philippine capital.
It came after the pope was earlier challenged by a 12-year-old orphan girl to explain how God could allow innocent children who have done nothing wrong to be dragged into lives of drug addiction and prostitution. 
  Big event: Pilgrims gather in nearby streets for the chance to hear the pope speak in Manila's Rizal Park  

Francis marked an important feast day honouring the infant Jesus by dedicating the final homily of his week-long Asian trip, which began in Sri Lanka, to children. It was a reflection of the importance the Vatican places on Asia as the future of the church since it is one of the few places where Catholic numbers are growing. The Philippines is the largest Catholic nation in the region.
'We need to see each child as a gift to be welcomed, cherished and protected,' Francis said in his homily. 'And we need to care for our young people, not allowing them to be robbed of hope and condemned to a life on the streets.'
Lord is my refuge: Pilgrims take shelter beneath a tree in Rizal Park after waiting hours to get a good spot to hear the Mass 
He urged the crowd to protect their children from sin, alcohol and gambling, saying the devil 'distracts us with the promise of ephemeral pleasures, superficial pastimes'.
'Filipinos are called to be outstanding missionaries of the faith in Asia,' he said.
Francis had earlier made a triumphant entry into Rizal Park wearing the same cheap, plastic yellow rain poncho handed out to the masses during his visit to the typhoon-hit eastern city of Tacloban a day earlier. 
Steady rain fell on closely packed crowd, but it did not seem to dampen spirits of the devout Filipinos who streamed into the capital for Francis's final day. The 78-year-old was driven through them in a 'popemobile' modified from a jeepney, the most popular mode of transport in the Philippines...
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Truth speaker: Pope Francis puts a hand on the head of Glyzelle Iris Palomar, who asked him why bad things happen to children  The girl, who was rescued and found shelter in a Church-run community, broke down in tears and could not finish her prepared welcome
*Truth speaker: Pope Francis puts a hand on the head of Glyzelle Iris Palomar, 
who asked him why bad things happen to children
*The girl, who was rescued and found shelter in a Church-run community, 
broke down in tears and could not finish her prepared welcome.
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Wet: Thousands of worshippers stand wearing plastic ponchos and beneath makeshift shelters as they wait for the Mass to begin  Devotion: A statue of the "Infant of Prague" is held up by a devotee as the crowd waits for Pope Francis to arrive at Santo Tomas University


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