"Why do children suffer - this is perhaps the only one unanswered."
Philippine authorities ensure that this is the largest gathering around the Pope celebrated Mass this Sunday afternoon in Manila. They put the figure at 6 million participants from praying with François, joining the estimates of . In 1995, John Paul II had gathered here 5 million faithful ( ==).
The discontinuous rain made Sunday by a tropical storm, has not dampened the enthusiasm of the faithful from all over the country.
The Philippines is a Catholic stronghold in South Asia. In his , the pope also called on Filipinos to be "missionaries of the faith" in the region. He also and above all denounced the poverty, ignorance and corruption, as he had done earlier in recent days.
A highlight of his visit to the archipelago that has been on Sunday morning, including the testimony of a young orphan, speaking on behalf of street children, often victims of prostitution and drugs. In tears, she addressed the Pope, "Why does God allow that children suffer?"
And he replied: "this is perhaps the only one unanswered." "The girl cried in front of us. So yes, why children suffer? Know sometimes cry, it may be a way to respond. If we do not learn to cry, then we can not be good Christians. "
The pope will leave the Philippines on Monday morning, after a .
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