Pope Francis will fly into Manila Thursday afternoon, January 15, from Sri Lanka, where a million worshippers gathered to watch him canonize that nation’s first saint and listen to a homily on religious tolerance. On his scheduled arrival in Manila, Tropical Storm Amang (Mekkhala) entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility, which might prompt residents of Tacloban and Leyte – which Francis is visiting – to evacuate. It’s a striking coincidence that Mekkhala threatens the Philippines during the visit of Pope Francis, who’s arriving because of another calamity: Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), which devastated the province of Leyte, including Tacloban City, in November 2013.
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