LOOK: Children provide heartwarming moments in long wait for Pope

Published January 18, 2015 9:26am

Children helped provide heartwarming moments in the long wait of Filipinos who lined the route from the Apostolic Nunciature to the University of Santo Tomas to catch a glimpse of Pope Francis.

Photos posted by GMA News' Athena Imperial showed some children babysat by some Philippine Navy members at the corner of Quirino and Taft Avenues near the Nunciature.

The Philippine Navy members, who were helping secure the line, put caps and raincoats over them when a drizzle occurred.

Members of the Navy babysit kids. They put caps and raincoats over them to protect them from drizzle @AthenaImperial_ pic.twitter.com/dWyU2uf241

— GMA News (@gmanews) January 18, 2015

Another photo posted by radio dzBB's Manny Vargas showed young girls bringing images of the Santo Niño (Christ Child) also along the route from the Nunciature to UST.

Ilan pa sa mga sasalubong sa Santo Papa dala ang kanilang imahe ng Sto. Niño | #BlessedByThePope via @VargasMannysen pic.twitter.com/uiuSHordeZ

— GMA News (@gmanews) January 17, 2015

Pope Francis is to have an encounter with the youth at the UST, then lead a concluding Mass at the Quirino Grandstand.

Both venues had been packed since early Sunday, as Filipinos trooped there since Saturday. — Joel Locsin/RSJ, GMA News

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