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“The Holy Father said “I have special admiration for the Filipinos, ‘” Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said in a report by the Catholic Bishops” Conference of the Philippines News (CBCP News).

Palma said the 78-year-old pope pontiff considers Filipinos as “people of great faith”.

Episcopal Commission on Family and Life, who is also part of the Philippine delegation, said Pope Francis recalled with fondness and happiness the “Lolo Kiko” nickname that Filipinos gave him.

“He was really laughing and was so happy about it”, Garcera said of the pope.

The Pope also appreciated how the elderly are well-cared for and held in high regard in the Philippines.

“It’s a sign that I am appreciated”.

I pray, Francis said, “that Christians will not be forced to abandon Iraq and the Middle East; I think especially of the sons and daughters of your Church, and their rich traditions”.

Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, 93, lost his balance and fell while the Pope was greeting prelates following Mass for the closing of the Synod, according to an October 25 statement by the Vatican Press office.

The document indicated that the assembly had made a decision to avoid overtly controversial language and seek consensus in order to avoid deadlock on the most sensitive topics, leaving it up to the pope to deal with the details. Like its 2014 precursor, the focus of the 2015 Synod of Bishops was the family, this time with the theme: “The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and the modern world”.