(9 May 2025)
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Imus City, Philippines – 9 May 2025
1. Various of 19 year old Catholic devotee Alexandra Ivory Bonilla praying inside church
2. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Alexandra Ivory Bonilla, faithful:
“I was sad with the passing of our former pope, Pope Francis but I’m happy now that we have a new Pope, which is Pope Leo. He will truly help the Filipinos like Pope Francis used to do before.”
3. Wide of Bonilla
4. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Alexandra Ivory Bonilla, faithful:
“I’m from Cavite so I was one of those hoping that he (Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle) will be chosen as the next pope, but let’s accept this choice because this was God’s plan, I am happy with our new Pope and I am hoping that he will perform well in his new position.”
5. Various of 19 year old student Mechaela Rejano praying
6. Church altar
7. SOUNDBITE: (Tagalog) Mechaela Rejano, faithful:
“I know that our new Pope will face a lot of trials, I hope he will survive and provide a solution to all these challenges.”
8. Wide of Imus cathedral
9. Imus Cathedral
10. Statue of Saint Peter
STORYLINE:
Aspirations that the new pope would come from Asia for the first time did not happen, but Filipinos welcomed the first-ever American pontiff, Leo IV, Friday and expressed hopes Catholics worldwide would support him in an era troubled by wars, poverty and geopolitical strife.
The Philippines is the largest Roman Catholic nation in Asia and there were hopes the late Pope Francis would be succeeded by a prominent Filipino Cardinal, Luis Antonio Tagle, from the laidback city of Imus just south of Manila.
Alexandra Bonilla, a 20-year-old student, said she’d wanted the candidate from the Philippines but was happy to "accept this choice because this was God’s plan.”
Pope Leo XIV “will face a lot of trials,” said Mechaela Rejano, Bonilla’s classmate in a tourism management school.
“I hope he will survive and provide a solution to all these challenges.”
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