Although the death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Haiyan was said to be near 10,000 people, President Benigno Aquino III said today that the number is closer to 2,500. Still, “bodies lay ...

A super typhoon ripped through the Philippines’ largest island on Sunday, knocking down houses and sending more than half a million people to emergency shelters, as rare back-to-back storms ...

MANILA, Philippines — It is an understatement ... But Francis’ short visit to Leyte, 14 months after being hit by Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013, was also remarkable for those who saw his ...

In January 2015, Pope Francis went to the Philippines for a pastoral and state visit, where he held a holy mass at the Rizal Park and flew to Tacloban to visit the survivors of Typhoon Yolanda.

particularly for his Apostolic Visit to the Philippines in January 2015, where he offered comfort and solidarity to victims of Typhoon Yolanda, and celebrated the resilience of the Filipino faithf ...