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What the Pope Didn't Say in Manila

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Jan 19, 2015
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Pope Francis was received rapturously in the Philippines on his five-day visit, daring a typhoon to hold an open air mass in Tacloban, the city that was devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda in November of 2013, and braving pouring rain in Manila to draw an estimated 6 million worshipers on Sunday.

He spoke of climate change, corruption and income i…

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