Pope Francis is, finally, on Philippine soil. The head of the Roman Catholic Church disembarked from his chartered SriLankan Airlines plane at 5:58 pm to begin a five-day state and pastoral visit to the predominantly Catholic Philippines. He was met at the bottom of the landing stairs by President Benigno Aquino. Video by Cathy Miranda / INQUIRER.net

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