Today is a most blessed day as Pope Francis himself will celebrate holy Mass for the 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines.
I still remember when Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected Pope Francis eight years ago on March 13, 2013. The fumata bianca (white smoke) only came out past midnight after papers had gone to print, but our committed editor in chief back then, Letty Jimenez- Magsanoc, had a “stop the presses” order that paid off: only the Inquirer carried the correct headline the following day that a new Pope—who went by the name Francis—had been elected.
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