Filipinos mourned the death of Pope Francis as they remembered his example of “mercy and compassion” when he visited the Philippines in 2015 and supported bishops critical of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.
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MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos mourned the death of Pope Francis as they remembered his example of “mercy and compassion” when he visited the Philippines in 2015 and supported bishops critical of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.
Francis, who died at the age of 88 on Easter Monday, was fondly called “Lolo Kiko” (Grandpa Kiko) in the country with Asia’s biggest number of Catholics.
