Highlights of The Open-Air Papal Concluding Mass

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE OPEN-AIR PAPAL
CONCLUDING MASS
Contents
Contents .................................................................................................................................................. 2
What to Expect and bring: Papal visit and World Youth Day 2023 guide + schedule ......................... 2
GUIDE: Tips for those going to Pope's Mass at Luneta ..................................................................... 13
Pope Francis in Luneta: Things you should know.............................................................................. 16
Scenes from the papal concluding mass........................................................................................ 33
The Liturgical Furnishings .............................................................................................................. 74
Current Situation of the crowd areas ................................................................................................ 75
Traffic re-routing ............................................................................................................................. 102
What to Expect and bring: Papal visit and World Youth Day 2023 guide
+ schedule
THE PAPAL ITINERARY
January 2023: His Holiness Pope Francis will bring his message of “______________” to
different venues in Leyte and Metro Manila during his apostolic visit to the Philippines for
the world youth day on January 12-16, 2023.
12 JANUARY (THURSDAY)
Arrival Presidential Pavilion, Villamor Air Base,
15:00
Official Welcome Ceremony Pasay City
MOTORCADE TO NATIONAL SHRINE OF OUR MOTHER OF
PERPETUAL HELP
National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual
16:45 Address to nuns and sisters Help, Roxas Boulevard, Baclaran, Parañaque
City
13 JANUARY (FRIDAY)
07:30 Welcome Ceremony Malacañang Palace, San Miguel, Manila
Courtesy Call on the
Music Room, Malacañang Palace
President
Meeting with Civil
09:00 Authorities and the Rizal Ceremonial Hall, Malacañang Palace
Diplomatic Corps
MOTORCADE TO VILLA SAN MIGUEL
Archbishop's Palace, Villa San Miguel, 438
Meeting with Philippine and
10:15 Shaw Blvd. cor. Jaime Cardinal Sin Street,
Asian bishops
Mandaluyong City
MOTORCADE TO CATHEDRAL-BASILICA OF THE IMMACULATE
CONCEPTION
Holy Mass with bishops, Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate
11:00 priests, men and women Conception (Manila Cathedral) Intramuros,
religious Manila
MOTORCADE TO UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS
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Meeting with religious Arch of the Centuries, University of Santo
13:00
leaders of the Philippines Tomas
14:00 Youth Prayer Rally UST Grandstand and Football Field
MOTORCADE TO TONDO (DEL PAN AREA)
Encounter with Tondo (Del
15:30 Del Pan Street, Tondo, Manila
Pan area) laborers
MOTORCADE TO SM MALL OF ASIA ARENA
Greetings to Families,
17:00 Security Guards and Mall SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City
Employees
The Pope will deliver his message during
this event. The Way of the Cross will have
53 sites, with the most prominent at the
18:30 Way of The Cross UST, Smart Araneta Coliseum, Amoranto
Stadium and Ateneo de Manila University.
The Via Crucis at the UST football field will
be taped and broadcast all over the world.
Greetings to Chinese
19:00 Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See to the
Communities
Philippines, 2140 Taft Avenue, Malate,
Meeting with Dipomatic
19:45 Manila
Corps
MOTORCADE TO QUEZON MEMORIAL CIRCLE
20:30 People’s Mass Quezon Memorial Circle
14 JANUARY (SATURDAY)
Departure by plane for
07:15 Villamor Air Base, Pasay City
Tacloban City, Leyte
Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (Tacloban
08:30 Arrival in Tacloban
Airport), Tacloban City, Leyte
Passage through the Holy
09:00
Door of Mercy
Liturgy of Reconciliation
09:15 with the participation of
youth
10:00 Holy Mass Near Tacloban Airport
Lunch with representative
Archbishop’s Residence Bukid Tabor, Palo,
13:00 group of survivors of super
Leyte
typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)
Meeting with priests, women
and men religious, Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord’s
15:00
seminarians and families of Transfiguration (Palo Cathedral) Palo, Leyte
Typhoon Yolanda survivors
Departure by plane for Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport, (Tacloban
16:30
Manila Airport), Tacloban City, Leyte
17:15 Arrival Villamor Air Base, Pasay City
Arrival and passing through
18:15 the Holy Door with some
young people
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18:30 Youth Vigil Quirino Grandstand, Rizal Park, Manila
15 JANUARY (SUNDAY)
Holy Mass on the occasion of
15:30 the World Youth Day Quirino Grandstand, Rizal Park, Manila
Angelus
Meeting with the WYD
Volunteers and the Local
Organizing Committee and
benefactors, members of the San Carlos Seminary Auditorium, Basement
20:30
Federation of Asian Bishops' of Lorenzo Mission Institute
Conferences, dinner with
members of the FABC and
other invited bishops
16 JANUARY (MONDAY)
Departure Ceremonies
 Speech by the President
09:20 Villamor Air Base, Pasay City
of the Philippines
 Speech by the Pope
Departure for Port Moresby,
10:00
Papua New Guinea
Hi! From what I heard, the Papal Visit and World Youth Day closing mass at Rizal
Park/Luneta on January 15 is going to be the biggest ever and they're expecting a really,
really huge crowd.
I had the chance to visit the grounds today and check out the different areas so here's a guide
to better equip you for the mob and what to expect come Sunday.
Getting There:
For private vehicles: I'm sorry but I don't know where you can park, the immediate grounds
are off limits and I'm pretty sure that parking at the nearby H20 Hotel and Manila Hotel are
out of the question. No parking allowed on all roads leading to Luneta. You're going to have
to park somewhere in Malate/somewhere else nearby, leave your car and walk from there.
Commuting: On the way home, I was thinking that the LRT was the smartest choice but I
think they're closed. Not familiar with the stations but I'm thinking Quirino Station is the
nearest but which will be closed from 5:00am-10:00pm on January 18.
There's going to be Red Cross stations along the way for those who might need medical
assistance/attention.
It's hot, bring water and stay hydrated. I got a migraine from walking around the grounds and
I was there from around 1 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., same time as mass.
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While walking around the grounds, we caught the CNN peeps doing a live report. I think it
was Anna Coren. Pretty cool cause it was all handled by just the 2 of them. Very impressive
2-man team. So professional:
There's portalets scattered around the area but didn't look like there were enough although I
don't know because delivery was ongoing while I was there. Hope they add a lot more.
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This is the main holding ground for people attending the mass. It's extremely hot here so it's
best to wear a hat. I got really dizzy after a few minutes so...
What to Wear + Bring:
 Ground is a mixture of soil, grass and sand. Wear comfortable shoes that you're okay
with getting wet and dirty.
 Cool and loose clothing (make sure it’s still conservative)
 Hat + Sunglasses
 Fan, water, transparent bag
 Baby wipes/tissue/towel/face mist
 Umbrella
 PLASTIC BAG TO PUT YOUR TRASH IN
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The main holding ground/viewing area is like a labyrinth, there's only a certain path you can
pass to go in and out.
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And it's pretty far from the stage.
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then there's a road, grassy area for tech people and finally, the holding/viewing area for the
crowd.
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For those of you planning to take pictures:
Make sure to bring a zoom lens (I'm not sure if this is allowed though).
At 3:30pm, the sun is located right behind the stage which will make it pretty challenging to
take good photos.
And lastly, be patient and don't forget why you're here.
Pope Francis is the coolest pope ever!!!
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GUIDE: Tips for those going to Pope's Mass at Luneta
If you plan to attend the Concluding Mass for the Closing Liturgy of the 38th World Youth
Day to be led by Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at Quirino Grandstand on
Sunday, here's how to go there and what you should expect.
For those with private vehicles, there will be parking areas at the SM Mall of Asia Complex,
CCP Complex, Manila Zoo, Harrison Plaza, Rizal Memorial Stadium, and other areas but
these are expected to be filled with vehicles.
Eight convergence sites along Taft Avenue, Kalaw Avenue, Katigbak Parkway and other
areas have also been identified by organizers.
For those who will commute to Luneta, the best way to reach the site is via the LRT 1.
You can alight at the LRT's UN Station and walk across Kalaw Street to Luneta.
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Gates are along M. Orosa and will be open starting at 6 a.m. Sunday.
The Luneta Mass site will be organized that will be secured by police, soldiers, as well as
Department of Health and Red Cross personnel.
Pope Francis will be on his popemobile and will go around the area to greet mass-goers.
Here are a few reminders for your safety during the mass:
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Pope Francis in Luneta: Things you should know
ONGOING. Preparations continue at the Quirino Grandstand, where Pope

Francis will lead a Mass before millions of Filipino faithful. Photo by Mark Saludes/Rappler
One of the highlights of Pope Francis’ visit to the Philippines will be the open-air mass at the
Rizal Park on Sunday, January 15, his last engagement before he returns to the Vatican.
The mass, scheduled to begin at 3:30 pm on Sunday, is likely to be attended by millions of

Filipinos.
The last time a pope led mass in the same area in 1995, some 5 million Filipinos trooped to
the area, in one of the largest papal gatherings in the history of the Catholic Church at the
time.
Twenty years later, government officials are expecting more people but they said not
everyone will get the chance to get close to the Pope.
In a briefing on Monday, January 9, Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Ano
said only around 2 million people will be able to enter the main activity area.
Ano explained this was to prevent overcrowding in the open-aired space.
Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles earlier urged all Filipino Catholics to troop to Luneta to
take part in the Pope’s closing mass, telling them “not be afraid of the inconveniences” and
not to “mind the weather.” Villegas also heads the Catholic Bishops Conference of the
Philippines.
Inconveniences are one thing but if you’re planning to be among the millions in attendance in
Luneta, here are a few things you should know:
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Come early, but not too early. The entrance to the main venue will only be opened at 6:00 am
for the 3:30 pm mass. Before that, the faithful will not be allowed to enter the Rizal Park area
since security forces need to sweep the venue first.
Camping out will be allowed in the venue in the days leading to the mass. Authorities also
appealed to the public to only start trooping to the venue the night before or Saturday,
January 14. Being in the venue earlier would result in heavier traffic along the area, Ano said.
Gates will be closed by 2:30 pm, an hour before the mass is scheduled to begin.
Know your entrances and be prepared to walk. According to National Capital Region Police
Office Chief and Task Group Manila head Police Director Carmela Valmoria, the entrance
will be located along Maria Orosa street, roughly a kilometer away from the main venue.
At least 20 scanners will be part of the security measures for the mass, aside from the
thousands of police who will be deployed to secure the area.
Roads will be closed to vehicular traffic, a considerable distance away from Luneta. Mass-
goers can opt to be dropped off at the corner of Roxas Boulevard and Quirino Avenue, at the
corner of UN Avenue and San Marcelino, and the corner of Ayala and San Marcelino.
Vehicles will also be barred from crossing Jones, McArthur and Quezon bridges. Here's a
map you can use to pinpoint restricted areas during the Pope's mass:
Another option is for attendees to take the LRT 1 and go down at the UN Station.
So, get your walking shoes ready: you’re in for long walks.
‘Slots’ are limited. The land facing Quirino Grandstand is roughly 2 hectares and will
definitely be able to accommodate more than 5 million people.
During the World Youth Day in 1995, organizers of the papal mass thought of preparing a
“Michael Jackson-like entrance” for Pope John Paul II when he appeared before the crowd.
Jimmy Policarpio, chief operating officer during the 1995 World Youth Day, said organizers
considered the health of Pope John Paul II, who at that time was 74 years old and still
recovering from an accident.
“Pope John Paul II had an accident. He had a total hip replacement a year before the event, so
what we did was to make sure that all his movements would require less physical effort for
him,” Policarpio recounted.
To bring Pope John Paul II up the stage, carpenters cut a rectangular hole on the floor of the
Quirino Grandstand, just enough for the Holy Father to pass through. A seesaw elevator was
used to raise the pope. The stage floor opened up and out came Pope John Paul II.
“I got this idea when I watched the Michael Jackson concert in Russia,” Policarpio said.
The Mass, which will be concelebrated by 600,000 priests and 5,500 archbishops, bishops
and cardinals, will be in English while the intercession will be in same language.
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Xavier Alpasa, one of the Emcees of World Youth Day 1995 would be used in time for the
2023 world youth day celebrations here.
300,000-member choir
To lead the singing at the Rizal Park Mass is a 300,000-member choir composed of
employees of companies, parish and college, school and university choirs and children of
residential families from Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan City, Las Piñas City, Makati City,
Malabon City, Mandaluyong City, Marikina City, Muntinlupa City, Navotas City, Parañaque
City, Pasay City, Pasig City, San Juan, San Pedro, Taguig, Valenzuela, Obando, Pateros,
Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, Baguio City, Benguet, Mountain Province, San Fernando, La
Union, Pangasinan, Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Apayao, Kalinga, Ifugao, Nueva Vizcaya,
Quirino, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Aurora, Angeles City, Pampanga, Tarlac, Olongapo
City, Zambales, Bacoor City, Imus City, Dasmariñas City, General Trias City, Cavite, Biñan
City, Calamba City, San Pablo City, Laguna, Batangas City, Lipa City, Batangas, Antipolo
City, Rizal, Lucena City, Quezon, Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental
Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Naga City, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Albay,
Catanduanes, Sorsogon, Masbate, Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Iloilo City, Iloilo, Guimaras,
Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, Cebu, Negros
Oriental, Siquijor, Bohol, Biliran, Tacloban City, Ormoc City, Leyte, Northern Samar,
Western Samar, Eastern Samar, Southern Leyte, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur,
Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga City, Isabela City, Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Camiguin,
Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Iligan City, Lanao del Norte,
Bukidnon, Davao City, Tagum City, Compostela Valley, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur,
Davao Occidental, Davao Oriental, Cotabato City, General Santos, North Cotabato, South
Cotabato, Sarangani, Sultan Kudarat, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Butuan City, Agusan del
Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte, Dinagat Islands and Surigao del Sur, joined by a
choir of overseas Filipino and foreign students and workers from Abkhazia, Afghanistan,
Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Åland Islands, Anguilla, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Azerbaijan,
Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire, British Indian
Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Christmas
Island, Clipperton Island, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Egypt,
Estonia, Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, Finland, French Guiana, French Polynesia,
Gabon, Gambia, Gibraltar, Greenland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe,
Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guernsey, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong,
Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica,
Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos,
Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau,
Macedonia, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Maldives, Martinique,
Marshall Islands, Mayotte, Mauritania, Mauritius, Melilla, Federated States of Micronesia,
Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar,
Namibia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Nauru, Navassa Island, Nepal, Netherlands, North Korea, New
Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Cyprus,
Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Nueva Esparta, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine,
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Réunion, Russia, Rwanda, Saba,
Saint Barthélemy, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Samoa, San Andrés and Providencia, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia,
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Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Somaliland, South Korea, South Ossetia, South Sudan,
Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-
Leste, Togo, Tonga, Transnistria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan,
Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu,
Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe and the US states of
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District
of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West
Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
To accompany the choir is a 300-piece orchestra. “There will be 60 musicians from the
Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Manila Symphony Orchestra, ABS-CBN Philharmonic
Orchestra and the UST Symphony Orchestra, plus a 60-member kids and youth orchestra.
“It would have been simpler to get choirs that have been performing together and one full
orchestra to accompany the choir and congregation,” but the multiple lineup “is symbolic—it
attempts to be inclusive and representative of as many parishes and institutions,” Francisco
said.
The congregation need not worry about getting lost in translation. “Though multilingual, the
refrains are quite simple,” Francisco said. “My rule of thumb is that the congregation should
be able to pick up the tune after hearing the melody once.”
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While the Cebu-Sandiego Dance Company will be performing the Aliwan dance at the
Quirino Grandstand in Manila to welcome the visiting pope, the award-winning dance troupe
will not skip on dancing during the Sinulog grand parade on Sunday.
Val Sandiego, choreographer and owner of the dance company, said they will make it a point
that they can perform on the feast day, which has been a family tradition since its inception.
Sandiego said that when they were informed by the organizers, one of the problems that they
have to come up was the number of dancers because the activity falls on the same date.
“Among gitunga ang among dancers. Ang mosayaw sa Manila kay ang mga pioneer samtang
sa Sinulog, ang manayaw kay mga bag-ong dancers,” said Sandiego, who is not just a
staunch devotee of the Sto. Niño but a popular figure in Cebu for his great skills as
choreographer.
The 104 will be dancing the basic Sinulog dance steps. Sandiego along with his wife Ofelia
and their children will dance for the Pope. “Kay moadto man mi sa Manila, usa sa among
gihuna-huna as to who will be the lead dancer for the Sinulog. Maayo na lang kay sa among
paghangyo ni governor Gwen Garcia, wala gyud nibalibad ug misanong gyud dayon,”
Sandiego shared.
The devotion to the Santo Niño (Holy Child) is the oldest and the one of the most popular in
the Philippines. When Miguel Lopez Legazpi landed on the island of Cebu in 1565, one of
his soldiers found an image of the Child Jesus. It is believed to be the same statue Magellan
had given to the wife of the chieftain of the island after her baptism. The image is venerated
today in the Basilica in Cebu. For Filipino Catholics, the Holy Child represents a God who is
accessible to all and can be approached without fear. The devotion instills the virtues of
simplicity, obedience, and trust in God. At the same time, it calls for mature discipleship and
loving service at all. (Cf. Supplement to the Roman Sacramentary for the Dioceses in the
Philippines)
From the Apostolic Nunciature on Taft Avenue, the Pontiff arrived at Malacanang Park
aboard the Popemobile at 4:20 p.m., where he was greeted by the families of members of the
Presidential Security Group.
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They waved copies of his photograph and raised rosaries and images of Jesus Christ and the
Blessed Mother for his blessing.
He then boarded the helicopter along with Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle
and Apostolic Nunciature to the Philippines Gabriele Giordano Caccia.
The President arrived at the back of the grandstand on board the same helicopter at exactly 4
p.m. He was accompanied by his daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, and
Ambassador Lolita R. Haney.
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The World Youth Day closing liturgy is thought to be the largest congregation ever
assembled at a single site for a Mass. Vatican official claimed it was the largest gathering, the
Pope has seen in his 3, 594 days, 15 hours, 5 minutes and 0 seconds or 9 years, 10 months, 1
day, 15 hours, 5 minutes’ papacy.
The pope was visibly awed by the spectacle of more than 4 to 10 million people covering the
whole Luneta Park and stretching out as far as he could see from the elevated altar at the park
grandstand. For a moment, the pope was motionless as he stared out at the mammoth crowd,
but his lips quivered.
Tens of thousands more had lined the streets on the three-kilometer route from the Apostolic
Nunciature to Luneta Park, hoping to catch a glimpse of the pope as he passed in the custom-
made “popemobile.”
Upon arrival and upon departure from the Quirino Grandstand area, Pope Francis rode his
popemobile from the Apostolic Nunciature to the Malacanang Park was forced to use a
helicopter to get to the Quirino Grandstand after an estimated eight billion people who came
to attend the final Eucharistic Celebration made the Rizal Park, Paco, Ermita and Malate
roads impassable for land vehicles and went around the crowds – blessing, waving, even
shaking hands and kissing babies.
Cardinal Tagle, Bishop Mylo Vergara, and the Papal Visit and World Youth Day Organizing
Committee deserve the highest commendation for preparing the Luneta papal concluding
mass event.
Singing in the background was a 1,200-member choir, accompanied by a 200-piece

symphony orchestra, led by a Franciscan father at the north side.
President Duterte and his family, their predecessors and members of Cabinet and
personalities from all sectors attended the Papal Mass as announced but he kept very much in
the background, seated and waited below the Grandstand to greet the Pope before he boarded
the popemobile.
Vice President Leni Robredo also greeted the Pope after Duterte.
Two hundred bishops and 3,000 priests concelebrated the Papal Mass; 300,000 lay ministers
distributed communion in an orderly fashion under a white umbrella.
Cardinal Tagle, Papal Nuncio Gabriele Giordano Caccia and Archbishop of Davao Romulo
Valles delivered closing remarks to thank the Pope for visiting the country. Gaudencio
Cardinal Rosales and Cardinal Tagle read parts of mass prayers.
The Mass ended with the singing of the official song of 10th World Youth Day, “Tell the
World of His Love.”
Also, during the mass, the “Universal Message of the Youth to the World,” a manifesto
authored by the IYF delegates, was read by Michel Remery of Netherlands.
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This was followed by the “Angelus Domini” led by the Pope, after which he delivered his
special message entitled “Farewell to the Family and Youth.”
In His message, the Pope prayed to the Blessed Virgin Mary to “let the flame of God's love
be rekindled in the hearts of people everywhere” and to let others “share the new life which
radiates from the cross of the Christ.”
After the message, the Pope greeted the different peoples of the world in their own languages
after which he proceeded to thank all those responsible for the success of the 38th World
Youth Day.
After the mass, President Duterte gave a 30-minute address to the people. The President kept
his speech “apolitical” in respect to the religious activity. In his speech, Duterte urged the
people to remain ardent in pursuit of true Catholic life.
Prior to the mass, Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle of Manila gave his welcome
remarks, saying that it was indeed a “beautiful day” amidst feverish chants of “Pope Francis,
we love you!”
His Holiness Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was forced to use a helicopter to
get to the Quirino Grandstand after an estimated eight billion people who came to attend the
final Eucharistic Celebration made the Port Area, Rizal Park, CCP and Mall of Asia
complexes roads impassable for land vehicles, including the Popemobile.
Most of the people who attended the mass were carryovers from the overnight vigil and had
camped on streets. Others came to the vicinity as early as 4 a.m. to catch a glimpse of the
Holy Father.
Vatican sources that the crowd, estimated to be at ten million, was an attendance record,
surpassing the number who showed up during the Pope’s first visit in his native Poland in
June 1979 after he was elevated to the papacy on October 16, 1978.
They were brought back by the same helicopter to Malacanang Park, where he boarded the
Popemobile for the trip to the San Carlos Seminary in Makati City.
El Shaddai love Tagle
Bishop Jessie Eugenio Mercado, spoke briefly to the crowd on how their charismatic
movements and the Catholic hierarchy could differ on certain issues but remain united on
basic Catholic tenets.
“We may agree on our politics, but we are united in faith,” Mercado said in Pilipino in his
message just before 8:30pm.
He then quoted a Catholic saint who said: “If there is doubt, let there be differences.”
He asked the crowd to show their appreciation for the Asia's 36 archbishops--Manila
Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, Manila Archbishop-Emeritus Gaudencio Cardinal
Rosales, Nueva Segovia Archbishop Emeritus Ernesto Antolin Salgado, Nueva Segovia
Archbishop Emeritus Edmundo M. Abaya, Nueva Segovia Archbishop Mario M. Perlata,
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Tuguegarao Archbishop Sergio L. Utleg, Tuguegarao Archbishop-Emeritus Diosdado
Talamayan, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop-Emeritus Oscar Cruz, Lingayen-Dagupan
Archbishop Socrates Villegas, San Fernando Archbishop Emeritus Paciano Aniceto, San
Fernando Archbishop Florentino Lavarias, Lipa Archbishop Ramon Arguelles, Nueva
Caceres Archbishop Rolando Joven Tria Tirona, Capiz Archbishop Jose Advincula, Jaro
Archbishop Angel N. Lagdameo, Cebu Archbishop-Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, Cebu
Archbishop Jose Palma, Palo Archbishop-Emeritus Pedro Dean, Jr., Palo Archbishop John
Du, Davao Archbishop-Emeritus Fernando Capalla, Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles,
Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Cardinal Quevedo, Cagayan de Oro Archbishop-Emeritus
Jesus Tuquib, Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, Ozamiz Archbishop Jesus
Dosado and Zamboanga Archbishop Romulo Dela Cruz.
“We love you Cardinal Tagle, we love you Cardinal Rosales, we love you Cardinal Vidal, we
love you Palma,” Mercado and the El Shaddai members chorused.
The celebration ended with a cultural dance presentation show, followed by a youth concert
and a fireworks display.
This will be participated in by Pasigarbo sa Sugbo contingents from Minglanilla, Talisay

City, and Mandaue City. The Lumad Basakanon, who has reaped awards during the Sinulog
festivities, will also be part of the presentation.
At 10 P.M., a 30-minute firework display from four barges in Manila Bay 250 meters off the
shore, between the Manila Yacht Club and the United States Embassy set up by pyrotechnic
experts from Bocaue, Bulacan for P120, 000 lit the night sky and lasted an hour and was met
with a roar of applause by people at the parade grounds.
‘Hope’
The Pope called the world’s youth the “hope for the future” on which will depend the year
2020 which he described as “a marvelous epoch for humanity but which also raises not a few
fears and anxieties.”
“Build your lives on the one model that will not deceive you,” he urged the youth.
“I invite you to open the Gospel and discover that Jesus Christ wants to be your friend.”
He challenged the Christian laity to do its part.
He called on “people who till the soil, factory workers, engineers, technicians, doctors, nurses
and health care personnel, teachers, men and women in the legal profession, those who serve
in public life.”
He also challenged “writers, people who work in the television, theater and cinema and the
media, artists, celebrities, musicians, sculptors and painters” to take part in the mission.
Again, addressing the family and youth, the Pope added “one specific challenge and appeal,
which involves the healing of a source of immense frustration and suffering in many families
all over the world.”
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Gratitude toward parents He said: “Parents and older people sometimes feel that they have
lost contact with you, and they are upset, just as Mary and Joseph felt anguish when they
realized that Jesus had stayed behind in Jerusalem.
“Sometimes you are very critical of the world of adults, and sometimes they are very critical
of you… But always remember that you owe your life and upbringing to your parents.”
He exhorted both parents and children “to build bridges of dialogue and communication.”
People from all over the world, including a black youth clad in a G-string, presented offerings
at the Mass.
A man from the Netherlands read the manifesto of the International Youth Forum.
More than a hundred members of the Presidential Security Group were around to secure the
President and some members of his Cabinet.
Previously, the late Pope John Paul II’s biggest crowd was the 2 million people who turned
out on June 6, 1979 at his hometown of Krakow, Poland for his first visit to the late pope's
Polish homeland after his elevation to the Papacy on October 16, 1978.
The last state visits to the Philippines, that of Pope John Paul II on January 15, 1995, attracted
around 5 million people— “the largest papal crowd in history”—according to the Guinness
World Records.
The Mass was the climax of the Roman Catholic Church’s annual celebration of the annual
weekend feast of Santo Nino de Cebu which brought together Roman Catholics from around
the world.
There were a relative handful of representatives from the Muslim faith, Iglesia ni Cristo,
National Council of Churches in the Philippines, Council of Laity in the Philippines, Mission
of All the World Ministries and the FullGospel Businessmen's Fellowship.
The main concelebrants of the Mass were Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Tagle, Manila
Archbishop Emeritus Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales, Cáceres Archbishop Rolando Joven Tria
Tirona, Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, Cagayan de Oro Archbishop
Emeritus Jesus Tuquib, Capiz Archbishop José Advincula, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma,
Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Cardinal Quevedo, Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles, Davao
Archbishop Emeritus Fernando Capalla, Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, Lingayen–
Dagupan Archishop Socrates Villegas, Lingayen–Dagupan Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz,
Lipa Archbishop Gilbert Garcera, Lipa Archbishop Emeritus Ramon Arguelles, Nueva
Segovia Archbishop Mario Perlata, Nueva Segovia Archbishop Emeritus Edmundo Abaya,
Nueva Segovia Archbishop Emeritus Ernesto Salgado, Ozamiz Archbishop Martin Jumoad,
Ozamiz Archbishop Emeritus Jesus Dosado, Palo Archbishop John Du, Palo Archbishop
Emeritus Pedro Dean, San Fernando Archbishop Florentino Lavarias, San Fernando
Archbishop Emeritus Paciano Aniceto, Tuguegarao Archbishop Sergio Utleg, Tuguegarao
Archbishop Emeritus Diosdado Talamayan, Zamboanga Archbishop Romulo dela Cruz,
Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Cardinal Parolin, Dean of the College of Cardinals Angelo
Cardinal Sudano, and Stanisław Cardinal Ryłko, head of the Pontifical Council for the Laity.
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Hundreds and thousands of cardinals, bishops, deacons and priests also served as
concelebrants.
The concluding rites started over an hour late than slated as the gathering, estimated to
number more than five to ten million, prevented the Pope from traveling short distance from
the Apostolic Nunciature to the park grounds in his popemobile.
Instead, the Pope was brought to the Quirino Grandstand by helicopter.
The entrance hymn had to be sung before the mass began in earnest. Priest in charge of the
event enjoined the crowd to sing, to pray and even to do a “love wave” to help while away
the time and to stretch aching muscles.
So thick was the crowd that evens the base of the Rizal monument, normally off-limits to the
public, became a dais on which the people stood shoulder-to-shoulder.
Neither the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila nor the Vatican had prepared for such an
eventually. There, was some discussion on whether the pontiff should take a helicopter or a
boat through Manila Bay to the Luneta when the sheer size of the crowd exceeded all
expectations.
The mass of people stretched from north to south from the Manila Hotel all way down to the
Ramon Magsaysay Building on Roxas Boulevard. No blacktop was visible from as far as
huge portions of T.M. Kalaw, U.N. Avenue and Padre Faura, three major streets
perpendicular to the main road fronting the venue of the Feast of Santo Nino de Cebu event.
Scores of government officials, foreign dignitaries, sports icons, entertainment celebrities and
high society personalities attended the 3-day annual feast of Santo Nino de Cebu which was
televised live nationwide via domestic satellite on television over GMA-7, ABS-CBN 2, PTV
4, The 5 Network, ETC and 2nd Avenue and aired live on radio over Radio Mindanao
Network (RMN), GMA Radyo Bisig-Bayan AM, ABS-CBN Radyo Patrol AM and My Only
Radio FM, Catholic Media Network, Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC)’s DZRH, 90.7
Love Radio, 96.3 Easy Rock, 101.1 YES! FM and Radyo Natin FM, RPN Radyo Ronda AM
and Bureau of Broadcast Services-Radyo ng Bayan radio stations.
“To see him”
Scores of people who had been waiting for the Pope started leaving Rizal Park when they
learned he had taken a helicopter.
“Why should I stay when I won’t see him, after all?” said an elderly woman. “I just came
here to see the Pope.”
By the time the annual event started, the crowd in front of the Manila Hotel had shrunk to a
third of its original size.
More than 10 million children aged Under 1, 1 - 4, 5 - 9, 10 - 14, 15 - 19 and 20 - 24, were
reported missing while thousands suffering from intense heat and cold collapsed in the mass
camp-out at the Apostolic Nunciature, Port Area, Plaza Miranda, Rizal Park, Ermita,
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Baywalk, Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex and SM Mall of Asia complex from
Friday morning to Monday noontime.
As of 5:30 p.m. yesterday, the Department of Health counted 10 million persons who were
brought to emergency medical stations at the park, Port Area District, Manila Cathedral,
Baywalk, CCP Complex and SM Mall of Asia complex.
The complaints involved dizziness, asthma, allergies and headaches, said Dr. John Layugan,
a member of the Stop Disasters, Epidemics, Accidents and Traumas for Health (Stop Death)
team.
Criselda Tungcol, 39, a WYD delegate from San Juan City, Metro Manila, was rushed to the
Polymedic General Hospital in Mandaluyong after suffering spasms at Rizal Park. She has
since been discharged.
Although the Pope looked very tired and lost in thought as he arrived for a Sunday evening
meeting with Asian bishops, aides said his Manila reception was just what he needed to help
get through the loss of his former active lifestyle.
“That kind of change is difficult psychologically and this trip has helped him come to peace
with himself about this new phase in his life,” the aide added.
“It has recharged his batteries.”
Crowd estimate
The WPD arrived at the crowd estimate by multiplying 610,000 square meters or 61 hectares
(the approximate area of the western portion of the park from the Quirino Grandstand to
Roxas Boulevard to Taft Avenue to Manila Bay at the back of the grandstand) by four (the
number of persons who, Razon said, could stand inside one sq.).
Three days before the event, tents of sack, plastic and umbrellas had already mushroomed in
and around the venue. The residential families from the local government units arrived in
buses, trucks, jeepneys, and other vehicles festooned. In view of the huge numbers of people
coming to the venue, the Roxas Boulevard was closed and a big number of those who came
had to stay in their vehicles, go to the rooftops of nearby buildings, or sit on the sidewalks
and simply monitor the celebration on their portable TV and radio sets.
While at least seven persons can fit into one sq., the MPD reduced the number to four, taking
into consideration that portions of Parade Avenue and the field in front of the grandstand had
numerous obstructions such as trees, vendors’ booths and muddy ground.
Added into the equation was the estimated number of people at the eastern portion of the park
from Roxas Boulevard to Taft Avenue, and those outside the park proper (on T.M. Kalaw
Street, Maria Orosa Street, Roxas Boulevard from T.M. Kalaw to Padre Faura Street,
Bonifacio Drive, Port Area District, Padre Burgos Drive and Finance Road, Jones Bridge,
MacArthur Bridge, Quezon Bridge and Ayala Bridge, United Nations Avenue, Quirino
Avenue Extension, Taft Avenue from Quirino Avenue southbound and northbound, Baywalk,
CCP Complex and SM Mall of Asia complex and ends at Baclaran, between the east end of
Aseana Avenue and west end of Andrews Avenue).
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Asuncion was assisted in computing the crowd number by the police command center led by
Chief Insp. Ferdinand Ampil, head of the MPD Tactical Operations Center. The center was
based on the fourth floor of the Manila Hotel overlooking the park.
At 5 p.m. Sunday, January 5, Ampil and the command center placed the number at 10
million, which swelled, he said, shortly after the President arrived for the concluding mass of
the 32nd World Youth Day.
“There were no untoward incidents, thank God,” he told reporters.
The MPD and the National Capital Regional Police Office deployed 2,500 uniformed and
plain-clothes personnel in the area.
Razon himself was posted on Katigbak Street leading to the grandstand.
Enlightenment
Representatives of religious organizations took turns praying for Mr. Aquino’s

enlightenment. They did not ask that he see the good of his sucess, as Manila Archbishop
Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle put it at the Jesus is Lord Church event on the occasion of its
39th anniversary celebration at the same venue on October 28 to 29, 87 days prior to the
concluding mass of Pope Francis on the third and last day of his state visit and apostolic
journey to the country yesterday and today, January 18 to 19, but for him to continue to lead
the country toward peace, unity and prosperity.
Fr. Manoling Francisco, SJ, who, event organizers had said was to have delivered a
testimonial to the President, was present.
Organizers also earlier said that the Philippine Independent Church would participate.
“Let the light of Your Face shine upon his life… so that he may see the path that you want
him to take,” said Bishop Efraim Perez of the New Hope of Life Church based in Barangay
Pinagbarilan, Bulacan.
Rev. Fr. Larry Faraon, representing the Catholic Church, went against the stand of the Manila
Archdiocese and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines as he led the prayer for
“productive interaction between the Church and the government.”
Faraon replaced fellow Dominican Rev. Fr. Sonny Ramirez in leading the prayer.
El Shaddai’s Velarde, Mr. Aquino III’s spiritual adviser, and the INC’s Samson, Jr. prayed
for an end to divisions among the people so that there could be a dialogue for the country’s
good.
“Let all political parties and religions (come together) so that this annual event may be
sucessful,” Velarde said.
“Help us find the way to harmony and peace so that we can do away with hate and fighting,”
said Samson.
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Frank Rola, a leader of the Jesus Miracle Crusade (JMC), said: “For the respectable President
of our country, President Rodrigo Duterte, give him strength and physical health. Guide
him… for the progress of our country, especially in his resolve to uplift the condition of
majority of our people.”
The JMC had one of the largest contingents, coming in third in number after the El Shaddai
and the INC.
The others who led prayers were Patriarch John Florentine Teruel of the Apostolic Catholic
Church; Roger Arienda of the Federation of Christian Churches, who called the three-day
weekend gathering “a miracle”; Ruth Castro of the Cheers Prayer Fellowship; and Aleem
Mohammad Cana of the Ulama Conference of the Philippines.
Brisk sales
People started arriving at the rally site as Friday Morning, January 16 as 4 a.m.
As the day wore on, more people came from the 42,029 barangays from 1,634 cities and
municipalities which includes the capital of Manila, Quezon City, the Municipality of
Pateros, and the cities of Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina,
Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, San Juan, Taguig, and Valenzuela, and cities
and municipalities of provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, Benguet, Pangasinan, La
Union, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Kalinga, Apayao, Cagayan, Batanes, Isabela, Quirino,
Nueva Vizcaya, Aurora, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales, Rizal, Cavite,
Laguna, Batangas, Quezon Province, Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro,
Romblon, Palawan, Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Nueva Camarines, Albay,
Catanduanes, Sorsogon, Masbate, Antique, Aklan, Iloilo, Guimaras, Negros Occidental,
Cebu, Negros Oriental, Siquijor, Bohol, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Samar, Northern Samar,
Eastern Samar, Biliran, Dinagat Island, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte,
Surigao del Sur, Compostela Valley, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Occidental,
Davao Oriental, Shariff Kabunsuan, Maguindanao, North Cotabato, South Cotabato, Sultan
Kudarat, Sarangani, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur,
Bukidnon, Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga
Sibugay, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, Thai capital of Bangkok and amphoes, tambons and
mubans of provinces of Amnat Charoen, Ang Thong, Bueng Kan, Buri Ram, Chachoengsao,
Chai Nat, Chaiyaphum, Chanthaburi, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Chonburi, Chumphon,
Kalasin, Kamphaeng Phet, Kanchanaburi, Khon Kaen, Krabi, Lampang, Lamphun, Loei, Lop
Buri, Mae Hong Son, Maha Sarakham, Mukdahan, Nakhon Nayok, Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon
Ratchasima, Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Nan, Narathiwat, Nong Bua Lamphu,
Nong Khai, Nonthaburi, Pattani, Phang Nga, Phatthalung, Phayao, Phetchaburi, Phuket,
Prachinburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Ranong, Ratchaburi, Rayong, Roi Et, Sa Kaeo, Sakon
Nakhon, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram, Saraburi, Satun, Sing Buri,
Sisaket, Songkhla, Sukhothai, Suphan Buri, Surat Thani, Surin, Tak, Trang, Trat, Ubon
Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Uthai Thani, Uttaradit, Yala, Yasothon, and sovereign states of
Abkhazia, Afghanistan, Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Åland Islands, Anguilla, Armenia, Aruba,
Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire,
British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China,
Christmas Island, Clipperton Island, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba,
Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador,
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Egypt, Estonia, Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, Finland, French Guiana, French
Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Gibraltar, Greenland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada,
Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guernsey, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,
Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Ivory
Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait,
Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta,
Maldives, Martinique, Marshall Islands, Mayotte, Mauritania, Mauritius, Melilla, Federated
States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco,
Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Nauru, Navassa Island, Nepal,
Netherlands, North Korea, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue,
Norfolk Island, Northern Cyprus, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Nueva Esparta, Oman,
Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Réunion,
Russia, Rwanda, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Andrés and Providencia, San Marino, São Tomé and
Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Eustatius,
Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Somaliland, South Korea, South
Ossetia, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan,
Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Transnistria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey,
Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay,
Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe, US states of
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District
of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West
Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming, Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia,
Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince
Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan and territories of Northwest Territories, Nunavut,
and Yukon and Mexican capital of Mexico City and states of Aguascalientes, Baja
California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango,
Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo, León,
Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco,
Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatán, Zacatecas were attended.
Business was brisking for vendors of "street food"--fish balls, popcorn, chicken innards--and
ice cream, bottled water and soft drinks.
The event may have been held to mark the “34th Feast of Santo Nino de Cebu,” but many of
the participants were observed feasting on food and drink and engaged in card games.
“The accusations against the President are all lies. Noynoy is good. He loves the poor. He
gives them land. We came here to fight for Noynoy,” Gemma Mananglay of Tondo, Manila
told the INQUIRER.
A women’s group came in red shirts that bore the message “Mahal namin si Mayor Erap
Estrada.”
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Estrada is a staunch supporter of Mr. Duterte.
Police confiscated several pro-Noynoy streamers and posters mostly brought by a group from
Mandaluyong.
Caloocan City 2nd District Rep. Edgar Erice said he had received a complaint that a resident,
supposedly an El Shaddai member, was given P10, 000 yesterday morning by a barangay
captain to mobilize people to attend the rally.
A group of Marcos loyalists who claimed to have spent Friday night at the rally site walked
in before the President arrived Sunday when they noted that they were among the groups
acknowledged.
“It’s because we’re poor and have no influence. We are not considered important here,” said
a middle-aged female loyalist before leaving.
‘Merienda’
Journalists covering the rally were told to register with organizers in a function room at the
Sofitel Philippine Plaza.
After listing down the reporters’ names and distributing access tags, the organizers gave them
cakes that bore the phrase “peace and unity” written in icing.
Reporters were also invited to partake of pancit canton, fresh lumpia and ensaymada before
they were sent off in air-conditioned vans to the rally site.
Nearly all parking areas of the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex and SM Mall of
Asia shopping mall and Mall of Asia Arena parking lot in Pasay City and Harrison Plaza
Shopping Center in Manila were occupied by provincial buses.
Passengers wore color codes on their collars, apparently to make their group easily
identifiable to their marshals.
On Ortigas Avenue, police observed three buses loading people supposedly bound for the
gathering site.
“It’s obviously hakot, most probably by (Rizal) Gov. (Casimiro) Ynares because he has been
vocal about his support for the President,” said a rookie cop.
The INQUIRER witnessed other “hakot” activities in Pasig City and Payatas, Quezon City.
A tricycle driver said they were offered P300 each to attend. “But even if they did not offer
P300, many drivers will still go because the President promised them land titles,” he said.
After the mass, Kris shared the photo taken prior to the ceremony.
"Picture was taken before Mass started. I really obeyed when it was announced that no
pictures please during Mass," Kris wrote.
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"When I was about to take the picture PNoy said: “Instagram na naman?” I said please
pagbigyan na ko, super cute naman the 3 of them, and it's a mother's joy to take pics of her
sons. And anyway, no signal in Luneta, so late upload."
“After the Mass, when Pope Francis was waving from the Popemobile, Bimb said: "Thank
You God, this was the best experience ever.”
On Friday, January 13, Kris met the Pope for the first time during the Pontiff's Philippine
visit during a private moment. She shared the photos on Instagram.
Pope Francis in his homily highlighted the Filipinos' special relationship with Santo Niño, the
Child Jesus, asking the faithful to embrace the identity of being “God’s children.”
“Throughout my visit, I have listened to you sing the song: ‘We are all God’s children.’ That
is what the Santo Niño tells us. He reminds us of our deepest identity. All of us are God’s
children, members of God’s family,” said Pope Francis.
Pope Francis, in the country for a five-day visit, added that Catholics are God’s adopted
children, and in turn Jesus’ own siblings.
“Today Saint Paul has told us that in Christ we have become God’s adopted children,
brothers and sisters in Christ. This is who we are. This is our identity. We saw a beautiful
expression of this when Filipinos rallied around our brothers and sisters affected by the
typhoon,” he said, referring to super typhoon Yolanda, which leveled Central Visayas and
killed thousands on November 8, 2013.
3-hour speech
Velarde delivered a three-hour “healing message” at 5 a.m. to the El Shaddai faithful still
gathered in the park before dawn yesterday.
So effective was the President's portrayal of himself as the underdog and victim in the
ongoing debate on Charter change, that Velarde said he consoled him after Mr. Duterte’s
speech on Saturday, August 20.
“I told the President, don't be provoked by those who try to provoke you,” Velarde, speaking
in Pilipino, told the crowd which had grown during the night, spilling over from Roxas
Boulevard into Ermita, extending up to Maria Orosa Street, Port Area, Quiapo, Paco, Malate
in the north and Baclaran in the south.
Velarde and Mr. Duterte were having dinner in the VIP Lounge at the Quirino Grandstand on
Saturday when the charismatic leader advised tolerance. Velarde is the President's spiritual
adviser.
He enjoined his followers: “Let us pray for those that oppress us,” referring both to the
President's critics and those who have questioned the El Shaddai's timing of its annual
celebration of the Feast of Santo Nino to coincide with the Sinulog Festival in Cebu.
A Catholic charismatic organization, El Shaddai is under the supervision of the Archdiocese

of Manila which Tagle heads.
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Velarde, who turned in millions of votes for the President's electoral bid in 1998, 2004, 2010
and 2016 is expected to present Mr. Duterte with the funds gathered for Visayas and
Mindanao as well as to pray for the government's development initiatives in the south.
El Shaddai gatherings are usually held on Saturday afternoon through Monday morning, with
praise and worship and a Mass.
Local leaders and the environmental network Ecowaste Coalition urged devotees and visitors
to couple their devotion to the Jesus Christ our Lord Savior with respect for the environment.
The call came as participants leading to the annual celebration of the Feast of Santo Nino
every year since 1985.
“Combining our people’s amazing devotion to the Jesus Christ our Lord with action
respecting, nurturing and defending Mother Earth will be a powerful force of hope and
deliverance against those who trash and ruin the environment,” Tin Vergara, Zero Waste
Campaigner of the EcoWaste Coalition, said.
“If the millions of devotees who come to Rizal Park and Quiapo will simply not litter and
avoid waste in all its forms, we’ll have a feast that is pleasing to the eyes and pleasing to the
Lord,” she added.
Past celebrations in 34 years have seen truckloads of garbage collected from Rizal Park to
Port Area to Ermita to Quiapo that included cigarette butts, candy and snack wrappers, plastic
bags, cups, bottles and straws, polystyrene food containers and bamboo skewers that often
cause injuries to barefooted participants.
Scenes from the papal concluding mass
 Cheering masses in crowd at rally anticipating arrival of Pope Francis and Pope
Emeritus Benedict XVI.
 Main wide shot women waving fans. TC jump. High angle overhead pan across vast
ocean of humanity to grandstand stage set up for appearance by Francis and Benedict
XVI.
 MCU police marksman in black jumpsuit studying crowd below through pair of high
power binoculars.
 Push in on side shot marksman studying crowd again.
 Wide shot helicopter flying against hazy grey sky.
 High angle zooms over crowd.
 Telephoto main shot chopper coming in for landing.
 Cu chopper touching down behind barricade of lush green trees in plaza behind
grandstand.
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 Obscured pan behind trees of white robed clergy emerging from chopper and walking
to grandstand.
 Main wide shot white robed members of catholic clergy sitting on stage.
 Main wide shot another chopper coming in for landing behind trees again.
 Push in on doors opening and lay people emerging.
 Wider shot FTG altar on stage flanked by white robed clergy sitting shoulder to
shoulder in chairs.
 Pan across city skyline w/ sea of worshippers filling street below as another chopper
flies in sky above.
 Zoom into chopper.
 CU third chopper coming in for landing behind trees in the grandstand completely
obscuring emergence of occupants, more members of catholic clergy.
 CU Fourth chopper touching down behind trees and clergy member in black robes
emerges w/ more lay people.
 Wide shot chopper transporting Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI flying
over crowd.
 Zoom in on pope's chopper as it comes in for landing.
 CU pope's chopper touching down, not obscured by trees.
 Has security personnel standing guard as propeller winds down and chopper sits at the
back of the grandstand.
 Same shot as security personnel hover around chopper's door, propeller stops and
doors open as members of Pope’s entourage exit.
 Same shot Pope Francis being assisted out of chopper waving at small cluster of
security guards.
 Same shot w/ Pope followed by Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle wearing red sash and
red skull cap.
 Bad shot through trees of Pope walking to Grandstand surrounded by security.
 Cardinals, bishops, deacons and priests gathered on altar.
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“Mga kapatid, nandito na po ang ating Santo Papa, kakaway natin ang mga Aliwan, tawagan
po natin ang ating mga kapatid sa Aliwan Fiesta.”
They missed the chance, though, because the Pope had to take a helicopter since all roads
leading to the park were packed with people as early as six hours before the scheduled 3:30
p.m. liturgy. Mass was delayed about an hour.
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 Pope stepping up to altar clad in gold miter and vestments and carrying crosier in his
left hand as he blesses throng w/ his right.
 Same shot Pope slowly approaching red throne and continuing to bless masses.
 Pan across sea of people.
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 Zoom into Pope on stage.
 Closer wide shot priest taking crosier and removing miter from Pope's head.
 More WS pan over enormous gathering of faithful.
 Pull out from CU ship in harbor to wide shot masses.
 Pull out from MCU Philippine flag waving in breeze to wide shot crowd and pan
across to stage.
 Wide shot Pope sitting in throne on red carpeted altar.
 View shot over crowd hovered beneath umbrellas.
 On Manila Hotel rooftop. Rearview MS two police marksman perched on adjacent

rooftop keeping watch over crowd through high powered binoculars w/ rifles and
scope on tripod in background.
 Side MCU officer studying crowd intently through binoculars.
 Tilt down to two rifles, one w/ round magazine lying next to tripod.
 Main shot officers, one listening through an ear piece in FG and the other viewing
crowd through binoculars in BG.
 ECU officer's eyes peering through binoculars.
 CU over high-powered rifles.
 No slate. natural sound EXT FTG. VS over people gathered in grandstand area for
World Youth Day Mass.
 VS ocean of people waiting for arrival of Pontiff under hazy, humid skies.
 High angle pan over People chanting, “Pope Francis, we love you!”
 EWS dense sea of people filling the Rizal Park for miles.
 Pull back from CU poster in crowd made out of Time Magazine cover when Pope was
man of the year to wide shot enormous crowd.
 Wide shot helicopter flying over crowd.
 LAS from beneath crowded press scaffolding chopper flying overhead.
 CU chopper coming in for landing.
 Wide pan across sea of worshippers.
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 Wide shot second chopper, this one transporting the Pope, coming in for landing
behind the Grandstand.
 LS Pope climbing out of chopper blessing his assistants and security guards.
 pan over people waiting for start of mass.
 Another has over crowd of hundreds of thousands filling grandstand and beyond
waiting for start of mass.
 WS priests clad in white robes w/ world youth day logo sitting in grandstand.
 Has over kids and youth musicians playing hymn.
 Has over Filipino and foreign missionaries in blue and white robes standing in crowd
waving banners.
 MS Priests walking onto altar in procession at start of papal mass.
 MLS Pope clad in gold miter and vestments leaning on crosier walking onto altar
assisted by priest.
 CU Pope waving at crowd.
 MCU Pope starting mass.
 Main long shot Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, Archbishop of Manila, delivering
opening address in Latin.
 CU Pope sitting on red throne listening.
 Main wide shot Cardinal Tagle standing at Pope's right reading address as pontiff sits
behind altar.
 Grandstand as Cardinal Tagle continues talking in English about how the Pope is in
Manila and Leyte to bring the good news to the whole world.
 MLS Cardinal Tagle continuing address in English.
 CU Pope and Cardinal Tagle smiling at one another and exchanging a few private
words.
 Main long shot Cardinal Tagle standing at right as Pope addresses the crowd about
concluding the Thirty-Eight World Youth Day.
 Main wide shots Pope addressing the people surrounded by three assistants and
Cardinal Tagle.
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Penitential Rite
Brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins and so prepare ourselves to celebrate
the sacred mysteries.
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May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting
life. Amen.
 View shot people listening to singing of hymn.
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 Wide shot people dancing enthusiastically on altar.
 CU Pope gently waving a little flag watching performance.
 Pan across people waving flags.
The Liturgical Texts and other Ritual Expressions
The formularies are taken from the Votive Mass “Holy Name of Jesus” and the readings from
the Proper of the Feast of Santo Niño. The readings invite us to “encounter Jesus in living out
his own compassion and mercy towards our brothers and sisters in need and poverty, in
suffering, loneliness, in hopelessness.”
Pope Francis himself said: “To meet the living God we must tenderly kiss the wounds of
Jesus in our hungry people, in the sick and in imprisoned brothers and sisters. Study,
meditation and mortification are not enough to have us encounter the living Christ. Like the
apostle, Thomas, our life will only be changed when we touch Christ’s wounds present in the
poor, the sick and the needy. The path to our encounter with Jesus is his wounds. There is no
other.”
 MCU Pope reading bible as his left-hand shakes.
 CU Pope sitting on throne listening to female Filipino people reading about Christ.
 No slate. Natural sound EXT FTG at World Youth Day Mass in Grandstand. Wide
Shot crowd.
 MWS Pope sitting on red throne w/ Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, Archbishop of
Manila, sitting at right.
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 MWS red carpeted altar.
 MWS Pope singing chant on altar assisted by several priests.
Because, Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday, January 19, 2020, Liturgical Year A,
Cycle II. The Readings for Mass is First Reading Isaiah 49:3, 5-6 to be said while
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10 should be sung in Filipino, Second Reading
taken from First Corinthians chapter 1 verses 1 to 3, to be say in English and Gospel
according to John chapter 1 verses 29-34.
Pope Francis to bless people, deliver 87-minute homily at Luneta Park.
The Profession of Faith is sung. The intercessions of the Prayer of the Faithful are prayed
using the English Language.
Acclamations are set in music employing responses.
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Representatives of Accounts, Agrarian Reform, Agriculture and Food, Appropriations,
Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources, Banks and Financial Intermediaries, Basic Education
and Culture, Children, Civil Service and Professional Regulation, Constitutional
Amendments, Cooperatives Development, Dangerous Drugs, Ecology, Economic Affairs,
Energy, Ethics and Privileges, Foreign Affairs, Games and Amusements, Good Government
and Public Accountability, Government Enterprises and Privatization, Government
Reorganization, Health, Higher and Technical Education, Housing and Urban Development,
Human Rights, Indigenous Cultural Communities and Indigenous Peoples, Information and
Communications Technology, Interparliamentary Relations and Diplomacy, Justice, Labor
and Employment, Legislative Franchises, Local Government, Metropolitan Manila
Development, Mindanao Affairs, Muslim Affairs, National Defense and Security, Natural
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Resources, Overseas Workers Affairs, People Participation, Population and Family Relations,
Poverty Alleviation, Public Information, Public Order and Safety, Public Works and
Highways, Revision of Laws, Rules, Rural Development, Science and Technology, Small
Business & Entrepreneurship Development, Social Services, Suffrage and Electoral Reforms,
Tourism, Trade and Industry, Transportation, Veterans Affairs and Welfare, Ways and
Means, Welfare of Children, Women and Gender Equality and Youth and Sports
Development will join the First Family in the offertory procession.
 Main wide shot nearly naked African youth clad in long red loincloth climbing steps
of altar to deliver chalice to pontiff accompanied by several other traditionally clad
people from other countries.
 MCU Pope sitting on his throne accepting offerings from the people.
 Same shot Pope leaning forward to talk to African people.
 Main shot Pope rising and walking w/ crosier and being assisted down steps by priest.
 Wide shot over enormous crowd.
At the beginning of the Eucharistic Prayer, children carrying lighted torches, earthenware
vessels of incense and baskets of flowers approach the altar to serve as sentinels of the
Eucharist.
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You are indeed Holy, O Lord, and all you have created rightly gives you praise, for
through your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, by the power and working of the Holy Spirit,
you give life to all things and make them holy, and you never cease to gather a people
to yourself, so that from the rising of the sun to its setting a pure sacrifice may be
offered to your name.
Therefore, O Lord, we humbly implore you: by the same Spirit graciously make holy
these gifts we have brought to you for consecration, that they may become the Body
and + Blood of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, at whose command we celebrate these
mysteries.
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For on the night he was betrayed he himself took bread, and, giving you thanks, he
said the blessing, broke the bread and gave it to his disciples, saying:
TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT, FOR THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN
UP FOR YOU.
In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the chalice, and, giving you thanks,
he said the blessing, and gave the chalice to his disciples, saying:
TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT, FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD,
THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL COVENANT, WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR
YOU AND FOR MANY FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.
Ipagbunyi natin ang misteryo ng pananampalataya.
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Therefore, O Lord, as we celebrate the memorial of the saving Passion of your Son,
his wondrous Resurrection and Ascension into heaven, and as we look forward to his
second coming, we offer you in thanksgiving this holy and living sacrifice.
Look, we pray, upon the oblation of your Church and, recognizing the sacrificial
Victim by whose death you willed to reconcile us to yourself, grant that we, who are
nourished by the Body and Blood of your Son and filled with his Holy Spirit, may
become one body, one spirit in Christ.
May he make of us an eternal offering to you, so that we may obtain an inheritance

with your elect, especially with the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with
blessed Joseph, her Spouse, with your blessed Apostles and glorious Martyrs and with
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all the Saints, on whose constant intercession in your presence we rely for unfailing
help.
May this Sacrifice of our reconciliation, we pray, O Lord, advance the peace and
salvation of all the world.
Be pleased to confirm in faith and charity your pilgrim Church on earth, with your
servant Francis our Pope and Luis Antonio our Bishop, the Order of Bishops, all the
clergy, and the entire people you have gained for your own.
Listen graciously to the prayers of this family, whom you have summoned before you:
in your compassion, O merciful Father, gather to yourself all your children scattered
throughout the world.
To our departed brothers and sisters and to all who were pleasing to you at their
passing from this life, give kind admittance to your kingdom.
There we hope to enjoy for ever the fullness of your glory through Christ our Lord,
through whom you bestow on the world all that is good.
SA PAMAMAGITAN NI KRISTO, KASAMA NIYA AT SA KANYA ANG LAHAT NG PARANGAL

AT PAPURI AY SA IYO, DIYOS AMANG MAKAPANGYARIHAN, KASAMA NG ESPIRITU
SANTO MAG PA SA WALANG HANGGAN.
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At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say:
Ama namin sumasalangit Ka, sambahin ang ngalan Mo.

Mapasaamin ang kaharian Mo. Sundin ng loob Mo
Dito sa lupa para nang sa langit.
Bigyan Mo po kami ngayon
Ng aming kakanin sa araw-araw,
At patawarin Mo kami sa aming mga sala,
Para nang pagpapatawad namin
Sa nagkakasala sa amin.
At huwag Mo kaming ipahintulot sa tukso
At iadya Mo kami sa lahat ng masama.
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Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that,
by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress,
as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
Sapagkat sa 'Yo ang Kaharian, Kapangyarihan,

At Kapurihan, ngayon at magpa-kailan-man,
ngayon at magpakailanman.
Sign of Peace
Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles: Peace I leave you, my peace I give you,
look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church, and graciously grant her peace
and unity in accordance with your will. Who live and reign forever and ever.
Amen.
The peace of the Lord be with you always.
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And with your spirit.
Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
Breaking of the Bread
Communion
Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world.
Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.
Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word
and my soul shall be healed.
May the Body (Blood) of Christ

keep me safe for eternal life.
Amen.
IESU, PANIS VITAE

Lyrics: Rene Javellana, SJ
Music: Manoling Francisco, SJ
Iesu, Panis vitae, Donum Patris.

Iesu, Fons vitae, Fons vitae acquae.
Cibus et potus noster,
cibus et potus noster
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in itinere, in itinere
ad domus Dei.
Tagalog
Mula sa lupa sumibol Kang masigla.
Matapos Kang yurakan ng mga masasama,
sumilang ang liwanag ng mga nawawala.
Tinapay ng buhay, Pagkain ng dukha.
Cebuano
Gikan sa binlud usa Ka,
Tinapay nga bunga sa among buhat at kabudlay.
Hi naut maghiusa kami sa ma niining.
Tinapay ti guma kami, Hesus, among Ginuong tunhay.
English
Jesus, Food divine
be our strength each day
so we don’t tire as we witness
to Your love and care to those in greater need,
both near and far away, may we lead them back to You,
all those who’ve gone astray.
Hiligaynon
Dalon namong Imong balaang
pulong manga lagay kag tudlo
Mong matarong Kahayag sang
Espiritu sang kamatu oran
suganga mapawa sa among dalan.
Hidden God (Adoro te devote)
Hidden God, devoutly I adore you,

Truly present underneath these veils:
All my heart subdues itself before you,
Since it all before you faints and fails.
Not to sight, or taste, or touch be credit,

Hearing only do we trust secure?
I believe, for God the Son has said it --
Word of Truth that ever shall endure.
On the cross was veiled your Godhead's splendor,

Here your manhood lies hidden too;
Unto both alike my faith I render,
And, as sued the contrite thief, I sue.
Though I look not on your wounds with Thomas,

You, my Lord, and you, my God, I call:
Make me more and more believe your promise,
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Hope in you and love you over all.
O memorial of my Savior dying,

Living Bread, that gives life to man;
Make my soul, its life from you supplying,
Taste your sweetness, as on earth it can.
Deign, O Jesus, Pelican of heaven,

Me, a sinner, in your Blood to leave,
To a single drop of which is given
All the world from all its sin to save.
Contemplating, Lord, your hidden presence,

Grant me what I thirst for and implore,
In the revelation of your essence
To behold your glory evermore.
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Over 1,000,000 helps distribute communion - Over 1,000,000 lay people help distribute
communion to the huge crowd.
A moment of silence for prayer - After 45 minutes of communion, the crowd falls silent for a
moment of prayer.
Prayer after Communion
Grant us in your mercy, O Lord, we pray, that in these sacred mysteries we may do
worthy homage to the Lord Jesus, for it is your will that at his Name every knee
should bend and in him all people find salvation. Who lives and reigns for ever and
ever.
Amen.
Please be seated to listen the Words of Gratitude to be led by His Excellency Gabriele
Giordano Caccia, Apostolic Nunciature to the Philippines, His Excellency Most
Reverend Romulo G. Valles, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the
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Philippines, and His Eminence Luis Antonio Cardinal G. Tagle, Archbishop of
Manila.
Words of Gratitude
The Apostolic Nunciature to the Philippines, Most Reverend Gabriele Giordano

Caccia, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, His
Excellency Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles and the Archbishop of Manila, His
Eminence Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle, deliver their Words of Gratitude.
Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines president Archbishop Romulo Valles and
Apostolic Nunciature to the Philippines Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia delivers words
of gratitude to Pope Francis.
"We will light the world with the joy of the Gospel." - Archbishop Socrates Villegas to
Pope Francis
Cardinal Tagle gives thanks - Manila Archbishop Cardinal Chito Tagle thanks Pope Francis
“in the name of every Filipino.” He promises that Filipinos will pray for the Pope, and that
“we will go with you where the light of Jesus in needed.”
"Mabuhay si Santo Papa!" - Cardinal Tagle leads the crowd in shouting "Mabuhay si Santo
Papa! Mabuhay si Hesukristo!"
At the conclusion of the Eucharistic celebration, candles are lighted and the assembly sings
“Tell the World of His Love” as the Holy Father sends them to their families, communities
and workplaces to be instruments of God’s mercy and compassion.
The candles held by the faithful are lighted while the narration is read.
Readers:
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In the beginning, the universe was dark and cold – and the Spirit hovered and brooded and
whispered: “Let there be life... Let there be light!”
The Word was spoken and light and life came into being! God handed the light to human
beings and they handed the light on to their children and their children handed the light on to
their children.
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; on those who lived in shadows –
on them God’s light has shone.
In the dark of a stable in the town of Bethlehem a new light was given to the world: the one
who was there in the beginning came into the world; in him was life – and the life was the
light of peoples.
The Word became flesh and lived among us.
In the darkest hours, just before sunrise darkness gave way to a new dawn an eternal dawn:
eternal light shone upon the world.
The light became divided and humans tried to possess it: to claim it as their own.
Yet the light was not defeated.
The light passed on to those who loved God’s Word – who translated it – and placed it into
the hands of believers.
The light passed on to those who sought to understand God’s creation –and explored its
wonders.
The light passed to those who saw the dignity of human beings and fought to bring justice to
the poor – freedom to those who were slaves.
The light waits – Who will keep the light burning in our day?
Who will take the light into the world?
Who will carry the light – if we do not?
Who will carry the light – if you do not?
Holy Father: My dear brothers and sisters, we received this light in baptism and were
entrusted to keep this light burning brightly. We vowed to spread this light when we were
confirmed. I ask you now: Keep the flame of faith alive in your hearts. Walk always as
children of the light. This is the mission of every Christian: lumina pandit, to spread the light
and to tell the world of God’s love.
Song: Tell the World of His Love
The people raise their lighted candles as the choir leads them in singing “Tell the World of
His Love.”
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Pilgrims sa Quirino Grandstand habang inaawit ang “Tell the World of His Love”
"Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has concluded the mass for the World Youth
Day 2020 by giving his blessings to the four million people here at the Quirino Grandstand in
Rizal Park, Manila and too many more millions in the Philippines and around the world by
participating us in the divine worship at television. This is Dario Viganò, Prefect of the
Secretariat for Communications at the Vatican, thanking you for joining us and asking them
TO LIVE AND SHARE THIS WORLD YOUTH DAY MESSAGE OF POPE AND THE
LOVE. MAY GOD, BLESS YOU ALWAYS."
Tell the World of His Love
For God so loved the world

He gave us his only Son
Jesus Christ our Savior
His most precious one
He has sent us His message of love
And sends those who hear
to bring the message to everyone
In a voice, loud and clear.
Let us tell the world of His love

The greatest love the world has known
Search the world for those who have walked
Astray and lead them home
Fill the world's darkest corners
With His light from up above
Walk every step, every mile, every road
And tell the world,
Tell the world of His love.
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Jesus Christ our Savior His Most Precious One
and sends those who hear
To bring the message to everyone

And tell the world


And tell the world


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And tell the world


And tell the world

In a voice, loud and clear

And tell the world

And tell the world; tell the world of His love
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…The greatest love the world has known
And tell the world, Tell the world,
…The greatest love the world has known
And tell the world, tell the world,
Tell the world of… His love!
Tell the world of… His love!
"Mabuhay ang Santo Papa!"
"MABUHAY!"
"MABUHAY!"
"Mabuhay ang Santo Papa!
"MABUHAY!"
(male emcee): "Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!"
(female emcee): "MABUHAY!"
All: "Pope Francis, we love you! Pope Francis, we love you! Pope Francis, we love you!
Pope Francis, we love you! Pope Francis, we love you!"
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Before the final blessing, let us sing the hymn to our lady who brought to us the light of the
world Jesus Christ and who was light is pass these thru.
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiæ,

vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevæ,
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos
misericordes oculos ad nos converte;
Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.
At the end of the Mass, during the Angelus, Pope Francis will announce the place and date of
the next World Youth Day and delivered special farewell messages in 30 languages,
including Filipino.
“Kayo ay isinugo ni Kristo tulad ng pagsugo sa Kanya ng Ama. Salamat at pinakinggan

ninyo ang kanyang Salita. Inaanyayahan ko kayong maging mga alagad ng Ebanghelyo, at
mga tagapagtaguyod ng kanyang Kaharian sa inyong mga kaibigan, pamilya, parokya,
samahan, at sa bawat bahagi ng inyong buhay bilang mga Pilipino. Nawa’y maging matatag
kayo sa inyong pananampalataya at pagmamahal sa inyong kapwa.”
(Christ sends you even as he himself was sent. I thank you for listening to his word, and I
encourage you to become apostles of the Gospel and builders of God’s kingdom in your
groups, families, parishes, groups, and in every aspect of Filipino life. Be strong in faith and
love!)
Concluding Rite
Blessing
The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Now and forever.
Our help is in the name of the Lord.
Who made heaven and earth.
May almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Dismissal
Go forth, the Mass is ended.

Thanks, be to God.
Aba, Ginoong Maria
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Aba, Ginoong Maria
Napupuno ka ng grasya
Ang Panginoon ay sumasaiyo
Bukod kang pinagpala sa babaeng lahat
At pinagpala naman
Ang 'yong anak na si Hesus
Santa Maria, Ina ng Diyos

Ipanalangin mo kaming makasalanan
Ngayon at kung kami'y mamamatay
Amen.
After the mass, President Duterte gave a 30-minute address to the people. The President kept
his speech “apolitical” in respect to the religious activity. In his speech, Duterte urged the
people to remain ardent in pursuit of true Catholic life.
He said Saint John Paul II reflects the kindness of the Filipinos.
"We invite everyone to remain when you are as the Holy Father will go around once more to
greet us many of us possible! Let us all join in singing our final song, Pananagutan. Wala po
muna aalis!"
Viva Francisco!
Kumanta po tayong lahat!
Kumanta po tayong lahat, mga kapatid! Kumanta po tayo!
Iwagayway ang mga panyo habang sinasalubong natin ang ating Santo Papa.
Umaawit po tayong lahat.
Iwagayway natin ang mga panyo at salubong sa ating Santo Papa Francisco!
Huwag po natin harapan, iikot muli ang ating Santo Papa, huwag niyo po kalakad-lakad. Iikot
muli siya para basbasan tayo.
Pananagutan
Walang sinuman ang nabubuhay, para sa sarili lamang

Walang sinuman and namamatay, para sa sarili lamang
Tayong lahat ay may pananagutan sa isa’t isa
Tayong lahat ay tinipon ng Diyos na kapiling niya
Sa ating pag mamahalan at panglilingkod sa kanino man

Tayo ay magdadala ng balita na kaligtasan
Tayong lahat ay tinipon ng Diyos na kapiling niya.
Sabay sabay mag aawitan ang mga bansa

Tayo tinuring na panginoon bilang mga anak
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Tayong lahat ay tinipon ng Diyos na kapiling niya
Pilgrims cheer & wave their white towels as they're told Pope Francis and Pope
Emeritus Benedict XVI will go around Quirino Grandstand once more.
Mabuhay ang Santo Papa! Mabuhay si Papa Francisco!
Mabuhay ang Santo Papa!
MABUHAY!
Papa Francisco, mahal ng Pilipino! (6x)
Mabuhay!
Mabuhay!
Mabuhay!
Gagawin natin ng ating Francisco Wave! So, umaandar po tayo, Pope Francis Wave,
humanda po tayo mga kapatid, gagawin natin sa pagsalubong sa ating Santo Papa! Iikot muli
siya kaya po, paki-usap, gawin po natin ang maluwag ulit ang daan, iikot po ang ating Santo
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Papa para basbasan po tayo at paglabas ng Santo Papa, iwawagayway natin ang mga panyo at
siya po ang ating babatiin bilang tanda ng ating pagmamahal. Ready na po tayo sa wave,
Choir, dear fathers, bishops, cardinals, deacons at ang mga kapatid natin sa diyan? Okay pa
ba kayo?
"MABUHAY!"
"MABUHAY!"
"MABUHAY!"
"Mabuhay si Papa Francisco!"
"MABUHAY!"
"MABUHAY!"
"MABUHAY!"
Sabayan natin ang wagayway ng ating panyo, ang ating pagsalubong sa ating Santo Papa,
Papa Francisco! Dapat, malakas, ah? Mas malakas sa init!
I ready natin ang ating wave, Pope Francis Wave, dapat naka-ngiti, at malakas ang sigaw pag
nag-wave. Are you ready?
Subukan natin ang ating pag-wave, mamaya, pag-bilang pag-akyat na siya, sasalubongin
natin bigyan po natin daan ang helicopter ni Pope Francis, mag-iikot muli siya para basbasan
tayong lahat at iwawagayway natin ang mga panyo sabay ng pag-sigaw at pag-bati sa ating
Santo Papa! Tumahimik ah?
Papa Francisco, mahal ng Pilipino!
Akala ko, wala na kayo!
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"MABUHAY!"
"MABUHAY!"
"MABUHAY!"
"MABUHAY!"
Oo, dapat ganon pagod kayo intinataas ang puti! Yan, Ulitin natin!
Tinataas ang panyo, yan! Ulitin natin!
Kulang pa sa lakas ng panyo, okay?
MABUHAY!
Mabuhay si Papa Francisco!
MABUHAY!
Mabuhay ang Santo Padre!
MABUHAY!
MABUHAY!
Sa ating sunshine, sabi ni Cardinal Tagle, kaya dapat mas malakas!
Na-excite pa ba kayo? Mas excited!
Mas excited si Pope na makita kayo. Naniniwala pa ba kayo excited siyang makita tayo?
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YES!
Gustong niya bang makita?
YES!
Mahal natin si Papa Francisco?
YES!
Mahal na mahal natin si Pope Francis?
YES!
Ready ang wave natin? Wave!
Are you ready?
MABUHAY!
MABUHAY!
Mabuhay ang Banal na Ama!
MABUHAY!
MABUHAY!
Mahal na mahal kita, Papa Francisco! Let us do the Francis Wave!
Mabuhay ang Santo Padre!
MABUHAY!
Viva Santo Papa!
VIVA!
Viva Papa Francisco!
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VIVA!
MABUHAY!
Iwagayway natin ang ating mga panyo at sabihin natin, we love you Pope Francis!
All: We love you Pope Francis!
We love you, Pope Francis!
We love you, Pope Francis!
Ngayon po, ay aawitin natin ang theme song ng pag-dalaw ng papa dalawang libo at labing-
lima! Aawit tayong lahat! Wagayway natin ang mga panyo!
Everybody sing! (2x)
Louder!
Wagayway ang panyo!
Everybody sing! (2x)
Taas ang panyo, iwagayway!
Everybody sing!
Taas ang panyo, wagayway!
Wala pa muna aalis! Wala aalis sa puwesto!
Wala aalis sa puwesto! Diyan lang!
Wala aalis, kumanta po tayo!
Everybody sing!
Wala aalis, kumanta po tayo!
We Are All God’s Children

Official Theme Song of the 2015 Papal Visit
by Jamie Rivera
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Do you see these children on the streets?
Have you walked the pavements where they sleep?
Do you feel their hand when you give them alms?
Did you ever give them bread to eat?
Have you seen their homes washed by the floods?
While a mother tightly holds her child
Do you hear the wind of the raging storm?
Can you tell them where it’s coming from?
Let us show our love and mercy
With true kindness and humility
For God loves the weak and the needy
Just like you and me
We are all God’s children
We are all the same
He is calling us by name to help the poor and lame
And learn what life is really for
It’s to know and love and serve the Lord
Stand together and let’s do our part
Hear their voices mend their broken hearts
Choose to be brave, fight for their rights
Give them back their honor and their pride
Please do not be blind
And just leave them behind
To struggle in darkness
Or give them empty promises
We are all God’s children
We are all the same
He is calling us by name to help the poor and lame
And learn what life is really for
Yehey!
Mabuhay si Papa Francisco! (2x)
All: MABUHAY!
“Wala muna aalis mga kapatid, aantayan natin ang palabas ang ating Santo Papa papasakay
ng Helicopter bago po tayong tuluyan sa ating cultural presentation. Ayon pa po siya!”
"Maraming salamat muli sa mga kapatid natin mula sa Cebu para sa Sinulog."
Maraming salamat po sa aming isa, o ipatugtog natin ang mga awit para sa Papa Francisco.
"Congratulations sa choir! Thank you, Father Nilo, Father Manoling, Father Don Benildus,
Congratulations!"
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MABUHAY!
"Wala po muna aalis sa puwesto sapagkat umaandar ang helicopter ng ating Santo Papa! We
love you Pope Francis!"
“We love you Pope Francis! We love you Pope Francis!”
“Mabuhay ang Santo Papa!”
“MABUHAY!”
Iwagayway natin ang ating mga panyo ng bigyan po natin ang santo papa, nandito pa po siya,
sundan natin ang tingin ang ating santo Papa! Maraming salamat po sa bawat isa o i-patugtog
natin ang mga awitin para kay Papa Francisco at Papa Emerito Benedicto XVI. Let us sing
this song. Maraming salamat po sa ating mga kapulisan, PSG, Maraming salamat po sa mga
opisyal ng simbahan, ng pamahalan na tumulong. Salamat po sa bawat isa ang ating mga lay
ministers, ang mga nasa kubol, we love you Pope Francis and we will miss you! Salamat din
sa ating mga emcees, Fr. Hans Magdurulang and Fr. Leo S. Ignacio, palakpakan natin siya,
para po sa mga nawawalang bata.
Maraming salamat muli sa mga kapatid natin mula sa Cebu ating nag-tour ng Aliwan Fiesta!
Maraming salamat at salamat po, Mabuhay po kayo, mabuhay ang Sinulog! Maraming
salamat po sa ating mga ushers, seminarians, sa ating mga lay ministers, yung mga orchestra,
choir members. Thank you very much to lay ministers, sa mga kapulisan, seminarians at
PSG, ang ating mga First-Aid, Dra. Wendy nawawala, at siyempre, I love you Father Hans!
Salamat po sa mga kaparian natin, ang ating mga obispo sumama, thank you very much! Yes!
Congratulations po sa ating lahat! Mother of Good Counsel Seminary sa Grandstand, sa lahat
po, sa ating lahat Mother of Good Counsel Seminary sa Grandstand. To all our bishops,
please!
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At the Luneta and at least 10 shrines around the Philippines, there will be processions to be
led by images of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
He was brought back by the same helicopter to Malacanang Park, where he boarded the
Popemobile for the trip to the San Carlos Seminary in Makati.
At the end of the gathering, it lasted the 3-in-a-half-hour Worship and Healing Rally from 4
a.m. to 7:30 a.m., the servant leader says: "GOD BLESS US ALL!", pagkatapos ng kantang
ito, dahil WALANG PO MUNA AALIS, KASI MAG-TATALUMPATI PO ANG
PANGULO! The song was released on August 20, 1989, exactly five years after the
foundation was established.
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"BABALIK TAYO SA SABADO"
BRO. JOJO INGAN
EL SHADDAI GOSPEL MUSIC MINISTRY
VERSE:
Kung gusto mong pagpalain,
Simulan at Tapusin ang Gawain!
Dahil mayroong pang ihahabilin,
Ang Punong-Lingkod natin!
Sa mga Aral ni EL SHADDAI
Giginhawa ang ating Buhay,
At bubuting pang tunay
kung uuwi tayong sabay-sabay!
CHORUS:
Kaya’t halina at sama-sama,
kay EL SHADDAI ay Sumamba!
At ito’y ating ipapangako,
babalik tayo sa Sabado!
CODA:
Babalik tayo sa Sabado
The Liturgical Furnishings
The general shape of the altar table, as seen in its elevation, takes the image of hands lifted up
in prayer and offering. The hands of the “orante” in Christian art serves as inspiration. The
top horizontal member of the table seems to float in the air lifting up the gifts of the
Eucharist.
The base of the table with its dynamic diagonal lines, is covered by “anahaw” leaf (livistona
rotundifolia) as motif. “Anahaw” is the Philippines’ national leaf. This strong leaf with round
and zig-zag edge is also used as roof material for Philippines vernacular houses. “Anahaw”
not only represents the country but also the strong and dynamic faith of its people. The leaf
seen in its half, resembles the image of a “wing”, therefore connotes “lightness” as the spirit
and its flight.
The alternating motif of cross and dove. The cross is inscribed in an orb is a powerful
Christian symbol of Christ embracing the world. It also represents the mission of the Church
to reach all the ends of the earth to spread the Gospel message. Doves are representations of
souls, the object of the Church’s mission of evangelization, the Salus animarum suprema lex.
The color copper, which is reddish-orange in color, suggests a transition metal with high
thermal and electrical property. This color is used as accent to suggest the “warmth” of the
Gospel message and the “conductibility” of faith, meaning faith as the greatest heritage of
humanity for all generations.
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The lectern or ambo follows the same motif as the altar table giving it, the Liturgy of the
Word, the same weight as the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The rosette being four in number,
represents the Evangelists.
Current Situation of the crowd areas
Burnham Green
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Plaza Miranda
Quiapo Church
Inside the Quiapo Church
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LRT-2 footbridge
Rizal Avenue and Claro M. Recto Avenue linking LRT 1 and 2
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Isetann Cinerama Complex
Ayala Bridge
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SM City Manila
Manila City Hall
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National Museum of Fine Arts
National Museum of Anthropology
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Agrifina Circle and the Sentinel of Freedom
Museum of Natural History
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Anda Circle
Eton Baypark
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Paseo De Manila: The proposed plan shows new buildings with rooftop gardens rising
in the side of Luneta Park with the Quirino Grandstand and Manila Ocean Park.
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The Rizal Park Hotel
Museo Pambata
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Embassy of the United States of America
Filipino-American Friendship Footbridge
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Diamond Hotel
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Roxas Boulevard corner Quirino Avenue intersection
Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See to the Philippines
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Quirino LRT Station
Quirino Avenue
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De La Salle University
Ospital ng Maynila
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Naval Station Jose Andrada
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas complex in Manila
ASEAN Garden
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Legaspi Towers 300
Cultural Center of the Philippines
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MBC Building, Aliw Theater and STAR City
Philippine International Convention Center
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Sofitel Philippine Plaza
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Radiance Manila Bay
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World Trade Center Metro Manila
DoubleDragon Plaza
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Le Pavillion Metropolitan Park
SM Mall of Asia
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Mall of Asia Arena
SMX Convention Center
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Midas Hotel and Casino
San Juan de Dios Educational Foundation, Inc.
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The Heritage Hotel
Baclaran Church
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City of Dreams Manila
NAIA Expressway from PAGCor City to NAIA Terminals 1 and 2
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Traffic re-routing
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Come early, but not too early. The entrance to the main venue will only be opened at 6 am for
the 5 pm Sunday mass for the World Youth Day. Before that, the faithful will be allowed to
enter the Rizal Park area since security forces need to sweep the venue first.
Camping out will be allowed in the venue in the days leading to the mass. Authorities also
appealed to the public to only start trooping to the venue the night before or Saturday,
January 14. Being in the venue earlier would result in heavier traffic along the area, Ano said.
Gates will be closed by 1:30 p.m., an hour before the mass is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m.
Know your entrances and be prepared to walk. According to National Capital Region Police
Office Chief and Task Group Manila head Police Director Carmela Valmoria, the entrance
will be located along Maria Orosa Street, roughly a kilometer away from the main venue.
At least 20 scanners will be part of the security measures for the mass, aside from the
thousands of police who will be deployed to secure the area.
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Roads will be closed to vehicular traffic, a considerable distance away from Luneta. Mass-
goers can opt to be dropped off at the corner of Roxas Boulevard and Quirino Avenue, at the
corner of United Nations Avenue and San Marcelino, and the corner of Ayala and San
Marcelino.
Crowd Route
Crowd Route with proposed highways
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The participants will pack the entire 61-hectare park and adjacent areas-Roxas Boulevard,
Taft Avenue, UN Avenue, T.M. Kalaw St., Port Area, and Jones Bridge in Manila, from
Antero Soriano Highway in Naic, Cavite in the south and Balanga City, Bataan in the north.
Some of them came to the venue as early as three days before the event. They came not only
from Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina,
Meycauayan, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, San Juan, San Pedro, Taguig,
Valenzuela, Obando and Pateros, but also from Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, Baguio City,
Benguet, Pangasinan, La Union, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Kalinga, Apayao, Batanes,
Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Aurora, Malolos City, City of San Jose del Monte,
Bulacan, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Angeles City, Mabalacat City, City of San Fernando,
Pampanga, Tarlac City, Tarlac, Olongapo City, Zambales, Antipolo City, Rizal, Bacoor City,
Imus City, Dasmariñas City, General Trias City, Cavite, Biñan City, Santa Rosa City,
Cabuyao City, Calamba City, San Pablo City, Laguna, Batangas City, Lipa City, Tanauan
City, Batangas, Lucena City, Tayabas City, Quezon, Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro,
Oriental Mindoro, Romblon, Puerto Princessa, Palawan, Camarines Norte, Naga City,
Camarines Sur, Albay, Catanduanes, Sorsogon City, Sorsogon, Masbate, Antique, Aklan,
Iloilo City, Iloilo, Guimaras, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, Siquijor,
Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, Cebu, Bohol, Tacloban City, Ormoc City, Leyte,
Southern Leyte, Calbayog City, Samar, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Biliran, Zamboanga
City, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Cagayan de Oro City,
Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Camiguin, Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, Bukidnon
Compostela Valley, Davao City, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Occidental, Davao
Oriental, Cotabato City, Cotabato, General Santos City, Sarangani, South Cotabato, Sultan
Kudarat, Isabela City, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Dinagat Island,
Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Shariff Kabunsuan,
Maguindanao, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.
Also present were residents from Abkhazia, Afghanistan, Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Åland
Islands, Anguilla, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados,
Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands,
Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Clipperton Island, Cocos Islands,
Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Egypt, Estonia, Federal Dependencies of
Venezuela, Finland, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Gibraltar, Greenland,
Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-
Bissau, Guernsey, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia,
Iran, Iraq, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia,
Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Madeira,
Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Maldives, Martinique, Marshall Islands, Mayotte,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Melilla, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia,
Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nagorno-Karabakh,
Nauru, Navassa Island, Nepal, Netherlands, North Korea, New Caledonia, New Zealand,
Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Cyprus, Northern Mariana Islands,
Norway, Nueva Esparta, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto
Rico, Qatar, Romania, Réunion, Russia, Rwanda, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Helena,
Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint
Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Andrés and Providencia,
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San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone,
Singapore, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia,
Somaliland, South Korea, South Ossetia, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname,
Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Transnistria,
Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates,
United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen,
Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Some 3 million people, consisting mostly of residents, are expected to attend the gathering.
The Rizal Park can accommodate 2 million people.
In Manila, both North and Southbound lanes of Roxas Boulevard, Taft Avenue, Quirino
Avenue, United Nations Avenue, Teodoro M. Kalaw Street, Alhambra Street, Guerrero Street,
M.H. del Pilar Street, Cortada Street, Mabini Street, Grey Street, Bocobo Street, Arquiza
Street, Padre Faura Street, Sta. Monica Street, Salas Street, Cuarteles Street, Soldado Street,
Quintos Street, Gen. Malvar Street, Alonzo Street, Nakpil Street, Remedios Street, Madre
Ignacia Street, Remedios Circle, San Andres Street, Adriatico Street, Leon Gunito Street, San
Pedro Street, Agoncillo Street, San Pascual Street, Modesto Street, F.T. Benitez, Del Carmen,
Don Ysidoro, Estrada Street, Singalong Street, Bautista Street, Ayala Street, Don Pedro
Street, Dian Street, Espiritu Street, Consuelo Street, San Antonio Street, San Pascual Street,
Smith, Anak Bayan, Texas, F. Munoz, Ciraco Tuazon, Taal, G. del Pilar, Alejo Aquino, Leyte,
Gonzalo Extension Street, Morales Stret, Arellano Street, Teresita Street, Maranata Street,
Augusto Francisco, Jacobo, Espiritu, F. Munoz, Esguerra Road, Fermin, Pasaje Galvan, San
Isidro Road, Esguerra Road, Paris, Cong. A. Francisco, J.B. Roxas Street, Maligaya, Correa
Street, Conde de Gamazo, Tanque, Narra, Tindalo, Guijo, Mahogany, Yakal, Lauan, Dao,
Apitong, Nieto, San Jorge, Syson, Calixto, Nieto, Syson, M. Gandhi Street, Belen Street,
Angel Linao Street, Port Area, Katigbak Drive, Padre Burgos Street, Jones Bridge, McArthur
Bridge, Dasmariñas Street, Plaza Sta. Cruz Street, Carlos Palanca Street, Quezon Boulevard,
Arlegui Street, Fraternal Street, Vergara Street, Duque de Alba Street, Castillejos Street,
Farnecio Street, right Arlegui Street, Nepomuceno Street (counter flow), Aguila Street,
Carcer Street, Hidalgo Street, Plaza del Carmen, Bilibid Viejo through Gil Puyat, J.P. de
Guzman Street, Barbosa Street, Globo de Oro Street through under Quezon Bridge, right
Carlos Palanca Street, Villalobos Street and Plaza Miranda all the way to Quiapo Church, will
be kept open to traffic despite the projected crowd of 2 to 50 million expected to attend the El
Shaddai rally.
Vehicles from Quezon City going to España Boulevard shall turn right to P. Campa Street,
left to Mendoza Street, right to Fugoso Street, right to Recto Avenue or left to Nicanor Reyes
Street, right to Recto Avenue to point of destination.
Those coming from Legarda shall turn right to Recto Avenue or turn left to Mendiola Street
to point of destination.
Vehicles coming from Caloocan City through Rizal Avenue shall turn right to Fugoso Street
or Recto Avenue, to point of destination.
Heavy vehicles and cargo trucks shall take Osmeña to Pres. Quirino Avenue to Nagtahan via
Lacson Avenue to Capulong Street.
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Buses coming from the northbound lane of Taft Avenue shall turn right to San Fernando
Street or make a U-turn at Plaza Ruiz to point of destination.
Vehicles coming from the southbound lane of Reina Regente Street shall turn right to San
Fernando Street or make a U-turn at Plaza Ruiz to point of destination.
Light vehicles intending to pass along Bonifacio Drive and southbound lane of Roxas
Boulevard shall turn at Anda Circle going to Delpan or Moriones to point of destination.
The T.M. Kalaw, P. Burgos, Calle Muralla, Bonifacio Drive and the inner streets of the Port
area, as t were the designated parking zones.
Vehicles will also be barred from crossing Jones, McArthur and Quezon bridges.
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE OPEN-AIR PAPAL

What to Wear + Bring:

And lastly, be patient and don't forget why you're here.

Pope Francis is the coolest pope ever!!!

ONGOING. Preparations continue at the Quirino Grandstand, where Pope

The mass, scheduled to begin at 3:30 pm on Sunday, is likely to be attended by millions of

Ano explained this was to prevent overcrowding in the open-aired space.

Singing in the background was a 1,200-member choir, accompanied by a 200-piece

El Shaddai love Tagle

This will be participated in by Pasigarbo sa Sugbo contingents from Minglanilla, Talisay

He challenged the Christian laity to do its part.

Instead, the Pope was brought to the Quirino Grandstand by helicopter.

“To see him”

“It has recharged his batteries.”

“There were no untoward incidents, thank God,” he told reporters.

Razon himself was posted on Katigbak Street leading to the grandstand.

Representatives of religious organizations took turns praying for Mr. Aquino’s

A Catholic charismatic organization, El Shaddai is under the supervision of the Archdiocese

 Push in on side shot marksman studying crowd again.

 Wide shot helicopter flying against hazy grey sky.

 High angle zooms over crowd.

 Telephoto main shot chopper coming in for landing.

 Push in on doors opening and lay people emerging.

 Zoom into chopper.

 Zoom in on pope's chopper as it comes in for landing.

 CU pope's chopper touching down, not obscured by trees.

 Bad shot through trees of Pope walking to Grandstand surrounded by security.

 Cardinals, bishops, deacons and priests gathered on altar.

 Pan across sea of people.

 More WS pan over enormous gathering of faithful.

 Pull out from CU ship in harbor to wide shot masses.

 Wide shot Pope sitting in throne on red carpeted altar.

 View shot over crowd hovered beneath umbrellas.

 On Manila Hotel rooftop. Rearview MS two police marksman perched on adjacent

 Side MCU officer studying crowd intently through binoculars.

 ECU officer's eyes peering through binoculars.

 CU over high-powered rifles.

 Wide shot helicopter flying over crowd.

 LAS from beneath crowded press scaffolding chopper flying overhead.

 CU chopper coming in for landing.

 Wide pan across sea of worshippers.

 pan over people waiting for start of mass.

 Has over kids and youth musicians playing hymn.

 MS Priests walking onto altar in procession at start of papal mass.

 CU Pope waving at crowd.

 MCU Pope starting mass.

 CU Pope sitting on red throne listening.

 MLS Cardinal Tagle continuing address in English.

 View shot people listening to singing of hymn.

 CU Pope gently waving a little flag watching performance.

 Pan across people waving flags.

The Liturgical Texts and other Ritual Expressions

 MCU Pope reading bible as his left-hand shakes.

 MWS Pope singing chant on altar assisted by several priests.

Pope Francis to bless people, deliver 87-minute homily at Luneta Park.

Acclamations are set in music employing responses.

 Same shot Pope leaning forward to talk to African people.

 Wide shot over enormous crowd.

Ipagbunyi natin ang misteryo ng pananampalataya.

May he make of us an eternal offering to you, so that we may obtain an inheritance

SA PAMAMAGITAN NI KRISTO, KASAMA NIYA AT SA KANYA ANG LAHAT NG PARANGAL

Ama namin sumasalangit Ka, sambahin ang ngalan Mo.

Sapagkat sa 'Yo ang Kaharian, Kapangyarihan,