Despite storm threat, preparations underway in Leyte for papal visit

Government workers and officials of the Catholic Church are rushing to prepare the venues where Pope Francis will celebrate mass and meet people when he visits Leyte on January 17. But intermittent rains flooded the Holy Mass site on Monday, January 12. A tropical depression in the Pacific Ocean threatens to bring more rain to the Eastern Visayas region, forcing organizers to mull the cancellation of the Pope’s visit to the island. Despite the bad weather, the organizers say they are ready to welcome the pontiff and have heeded his request to remove posters bearing the Pope’s face from roads in Leyte.

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