Filipino boy who hugged Pope Francis recounts brief encounter with pontiff

The Manila Times

Filipino boy who hugged Pope Francis recounts brief encounter with pontiff   During a papal visit to the Philippines in January 2015, Pope Francis made an unscheduled trip to visit children living with Manila’s Tulay ng Kabataan Foundation, a non-profit group aimed at helping street children and the impoverished groups in the capital. One of them, then 10-year-old John Alvin Atis, had a special moment with the late Pope, as he welcomed him at the compound entrance with a long embrace. Atis, now 20 years old, still watches videos of the encounter and recounts how that particular incident had been one of the most meaningful incidents in his life.   REUTERS / CTV  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net  Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  Soundcloud: https://tmt.ph/soundcloud   #TheManilaTimes #tmtnews #popefrancis

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00:02The song song, The song song is called The

00:17The song song is called the

00:22Sobrang, ano po, sobrang tuwa ko po nung naliyakop ko siya

00:27Because when I realized the presence of Pope, when I saw him,

00:33when I saw him, when I saw him,

00:36I felt like how I was feeling.

00:39I thought it was like an angel of me.

00:44Because I didn't realize what I felt like.

00:57What I felt like is,

01:03even though I was living in my life,

01:07but when I saw him at 7 p.m. at 7 p.m.,

01:15we were telling him,

01:17we were telling him what happened.

01:20I didn't forget the moment.

01:27Again, the pandemic happened to me.

01:31The news was that when Pope came to the hospital,

01:34I had the message that I was able to tell him.

01:39But now, the message that he had left,

01:44the whole family was very close.

01:48The feeling that he gave us,

01:52the memories that we gave him.

01:55So that's what we can't forget.

02:04I just realized that I hope that I'm happy to be with you today.

02:10Then, I'm feeling that God is with us today.

02:25At first I was wondering if Pope Francis is coming just to show that he is a Pope for

02:32the poor, but he was really sincere, meaning he does not want media to be there, he just

02:39wants to spend time with the poorest among the poor, the street children of Manila.

02:44So it was really a wonderful moment.

02:55His mother came with him, and he was really passionate about his friends, and he was

03:03bringing the world to him.

03:05Because Pope Francis was a part of his family, I could do it with him and I could do it with

03:10him my wife, and this is our family, my family, my family.

03:16He was young, I had a great taste, and I could do it with him, and I could do it with

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