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Pope Francis will Visit the “Ground Zero’ of Typhoon Haiyan Disaster in the Philippines

Categories: East Asia, Philippines, Religion

Official logo for the papal visit to the Philippines in 2015 [1]

Official logo for the papal visit to the Philippines in 2015

The official logo and website related to the Philippine visit of Pope Francis in January 2015 have been unveiled [2] already. Pope Francis will visit Manila and Tacloban. Tacloban is the “ground zero” of the Typhoon Haiyan disaster which claimed the lives of more than 6,000 people in the Eastern Visayas region. Aside from Timor Leste, the Philippine is the only Catholic-dominated nation in Asia.