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Way back 1995, Pope Saint John Paul II went in the Philippines for the Papal Visit.


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January 15, 1995 more than five million people had gathered at the Luneta Park Manila to witness the holiness of the Pope and also to celebrate the World Youth Day.

In celebrating the World Youth Day way back 1995 the crowd were the ones singing and interpreting the song "Tell The World Of His Love". During the celebration with the Pope the weather seemed to be fine. Luneta Park was filled with Catholics and Non-Catholic people and also there were bigger numbers of children who went to Luneta Park in order for the World Youth Day. In the video of the 1995 World Youth Day, reporters said that the Pope Saint John Paull II will use the chopper again to leave the place because there were no place to move because of too much people.

After 20 years, the Pope once again visited Philippines. Pope Francis went in the Philippines for the Papal Visit. Compared to the 1995 Papal Visit of Pope Saint John Paul II, Pope Francis used a Pope Mobile to reach every destination.

Millions of people waited for hours just to get a glimpse of Pope Francis. Other people who wanted to see the Pope just waited in the road where the Pope Mobile will pass through.

The same with the 1995 World Youth Day, In the 2015's Papal Visit all together people sang the theme song of the 1995 World Youth Day entitled "Tell The World Of His Love" but this time a 13 year old Darren Espanto was leading the song while some of the 1,000 choir member and the 200 orchestra member were in the stage Interpreting the song together with Pope Francis.


Although there was a heavy rain due to the tropical storm people still managed to wait and attend the mass of Pope Francis in UST Manila and in Quirino Grandstand Manila. Everyone was singing the song "Tell The World Of His Love", the song that was composed by Trina Belmide which is a song about discipleship. While singing, people were holding candles in their hands while getting drenched in the heavy rain.

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In both Papal Visits of 1995 and 2015, people were really thankful and felt really blessed because of Pope Saint John Paul II and Pope Francis.

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