MANILA, Philippines — On Christmas Day, Pope Francis prayed for the protection of victims of typhoons in the Philippines and Vietnam amid the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic.
“May the King of Heaven protect all victims of natural disasters in Southeast Asia, especially in the Philippines and Vietnam, where numerous storms have caused flooding, with devastating repercussions on families in terms of loss of life, harm to the environment and consequences for local economies,” Pope Francis said in his traditional Christmas Day Urbi et Orbi speech in Vatican City on Friday.
Aside from the pandemic, Filipinos also bore the brunt of the impacts of three strong typhoons this ye…
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