Pope Francis poses for selfie after returning to Manila

January 17, 2015 2:41pm

Pope Francis poses for a selfie with several young women after arriving at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City from Tacloban on Saturday, January 17, 2015. The Pope's trip to Leyte was cut short by inclement weather brought by Storm Amang. Courtesy of Tricia Farnacio

(Updated 3:21 p.m.) Pope Francis posed for a selfie upon his return to Manila, after his visit to Leyte province was cut short due to Tropical Storm Amang.

The Pope approached well-wishers including children and senior citizens at Villamor Air Base.

GMA News' Ruth Cabal reported the pope gave his zucchetto to a member of the Philippine Airlines crew.

Nakipag-selfie ang ilang mga sumalubong sa Santo Papa sa Villamor. #BlessedByThePope http://t.co/Ocyy4dGwpO pic.twitter.com/b7Vp7itaZH

— GMA News (@gmanews) January 17, 2015

Not only that - the Pope exchanged his zucchettos (skull cap) with another one carried by Philippine Airlines crewmember Mark Lim.

PHOTO: Mark Lim exchanged zucchettos with the Pope. | #BlessedByThePope via @ruthcabal15 pic.twitter.com/5ljBmasW5l

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) January 17, 2015

He then boarded a black Volkswagen minivan en route to the Apostolic Nunciature in Manila.

The Pope's selfies come a day after he tweeted in Filipino, not once but twice - charming his online followers. — Joel Locsin/VC, GMA News

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