Pope Francis boards Shepherd One at 9:49 a.m. Jan. 19 as Pinoys sing

Led by former street children, Filipinos on Monday bid farewell to Pope Francis before he boarded a chartered Philippine Airlines flight back to Rome.

Naglalakad na sa red carpet sina Pope at PNoy tungo sa eroplanong maghahatid sa kanya sa Roma http://t.co/q0tmsGFddM pic.twitter.com/d8arkvryQw

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The Pope shook hands with Catholic Church and government officials before boarding the PAL flight dubbed "Shepherd One."

Nagpapaalam na sa miyembro ng gabinete si Pope Francis. #BlessedByThePope http://t.co/q0tmsGFddM pic.twitter.com/CZYcBdXd8Q

— GMA News (@gmanews) January 19, 2015

 

Children at the air base sang "Tell the World of His Love," the theme from the 1995 visit of now-Saint John Paul II to the Philippines.

 

They also sang "We Are All God's Children," the theme for Pope Francis' five-day visit.

Nakaakyat na sa Shepherd One si Pope Francis na maghahatid sa kanya sa Rome #BlessedByThePope http://t.co/q0tmsGFddM pic.twitter.com/Cz3gVSp8pY

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Pope Francis boarded Shepherd One at 9:49 a.m. 

Lilipad na anumang sandali ang eroplanong sinasakyan ni Pope Francis. #BlessedByThePope http://t.co/q0tmsGFddM pic.twitter.com/0m0Ydj0sVK

— GMA News (@gmanews) January 19, 2015
 
 

—Joel Locsin/KG, GMA News