00:00A woman from Tacloban City and her family, whose lives were profoundly impacted by a
00:04life-changing encounter with Pope Francis during the pontiff's visit in 2015, joined
00:10the global prayers for the Holy Father.
00:12Alet Reyes from the Philippine Information Agency, Leyte, has the details.
00:18As Catholics around the world offer prayers of healing for Pope Francis, a woman in Tacloban
00:23City and her family, whose lives were touched after a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with
00:28the Holy Father during his visit in 2015, joins the world in earnest prayer for the
00:33Pope's full recovery.
00:34Jeanette Aguilar, a victim of Super Typhoon Yolanda, and now a resident in a village named
00:40after the Pope, keeps an image of the Pope over their tiny home's altar, together with
00:45the rosary beads that Pope Francis gave her and her family, saying she has then offered
00:50prayers after hearing of the Pope's hospitalization in February.
00:55I have never been ashamed of anything.
01:00I have never been ashamed of anything.
01:04I have never been ashamed of anything.
01:07Aguilar further shared that it was her family and four of her siblings or their children
01:11who were blessed by the Pope when he got out of the way and approached them lining up the
01:16streets under a heavy downpour during the 2015 papal visit.
01:20She was also one of those in the faithful community who was happy to receive the latest
01:24news that the Pope is recovering.
01:26The purpose of the 2015 papal visit by Pope Francis was to provide comfort to the victims
01:31and survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda.
01:34The pontiff's visit also brought the construction of relief infrastructure, such as housing
01:39villages for the typhoon victims and homes for orphans and the elderly.
01:43From the Philippine Information Agency, Leyte, Alet Reyes, Balitang Pambansa.
