At the Archbishop 's Residence in Palo , Francis had lunch with survivors of Typhoon Haiyan ( Yolanda ) and of the earlier Bohol earthquake . He then blessed the Pope Francis Center for the Poor , a facility in Palo funded by the Pontifical Council Cor Unum . It has a clinic , chapel , home for the sick and elderly , and orphanage . Construction took five months and was completed in December 2014 . The pope had a brief meeting with seminarians , priests , religious community members , and families of survivors of Typhoon Haiyan at the Palo Cathedral and blessed a mass grave of those who had died during the typhoon . He departed from Tacloban for Manila at 1:07 pm PST , apologizing for having to leave four hours before his scheduled time
Bohol earthquake
2013 Bohol earthquake
Pope Francis's visit to the Philippines