H.E Charles Cardinal Bo welcomed Papal Envoy H.E. Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle to the FABC General Conference. Greeting all, H.E. Cardinal Tagle conveyed to the gathered representatives the Holy Father’s reassurance of “my closeness to everyone”. Mentioning the Holy Father’s prayer to Mother Mary, that ‘the joys, sorrows and pain of the people of Asia may enter her heart’, H.E. Cardinal Tagle reminded his audience to persevere, and that, ‘very often, there are still surprises of God towards the end’.