Pope leaves Manila, overwhelmed by millions who cheered him - Daily Mail
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Pope Francis flew home Monday after a weeklong trip to Asia, where he called for unity in Sri Lanka after a civil war and asked Filipinos to be "missionaries of the faith" in the world's most populous continent after a... President Benigno Aquino III, Catholic church leaders and about 400 street children yelling "Pope Francis we love you" saw him off at a Manila air base, where the pontiff, carrying a black travel bag, boarded a Philippine Airlines plane for Rome. Standing at the top of the stairs, the pope waved, slightly bowed his head before the crowd and then walked into the plane. Hundreds of thousands of flag-waving Filipinos lined Manila's streets to get a final glimpse of 78-year-old Francis aboard an open-sided, white popemobile. "He's my No. 1 world leader," said Rita Fernandez, a 63-year-old mother of four who stood on a street near the Apostolic Nunciature in Manila where Francis stayed during his four-day visit. He's a living saint," said Fernandez, who readied a cellphone with a camera and wore a yellow shirt with the pope's picture. Unable to squeeze into the front of the thick crowd, a man brought a tall ladder, where he climbed and unfurled a poster with the pope's smiling image and a handwritten farewell message: "Dear Pope Francis, We love you. Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
