Valerie de Guzman

A woman in Plaza Miranda, outside Quiapo Church in Manila, sells off her dwindling stock of Pope Francis t-shirts in advance of the Pope's visit to the Philippines.

Filipino Catholics welcome Pope Francis with fervency, hope and souvenir T-shirts

January 15, 2015Belief

When Pope Francis holds a Catholic Mass in Manila this weekend, he’s expected to draw up to six million people. But there are conflicting hopes and expectations for what he’ll say to Asia’s most populous Catholic country.