27살의 Kristel Padasas, 마닐라 출신으로 태풍 하이얀의 희생자들을 위해 일하던 아가씨, 타글로반을 찾은 교황 미사의 자원봉사자로 활동했으나 미사 후, 강한 바람으로 가건물이 무너져 사망했습니다. 교황님이 그의 부모와 가족을 만나 위로의 말씀을 건냈는데 그 가족들이 슬픔을 딛고 의연히 외동딸의 죽음을 수용하는 모습에 오히려 주변 사람들이 감동받았다는 이야기입니다. 남을 위해 봉사하다가 희생된 딸을 자랑스럽게 여긴 부모, 교황과의 새로운 만남의 기회를 가족들에게 남겨준 외동딸이라며 눈물 훔치는 그들에게 교황은 참으로 놀라운 신앙이라고 큰 소리로 감동을 표시했다고!!!

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Pope meets with father, uncle of CRS worker killed in Philippines

By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service

MANILA, Philippines (CRS) -- After praying publicly at a youth gathering for the repose of the soul of a Catholic Relief Services worker killed the previous day, Pope Francis met Jan. 18 with her father and her maternal uncle.

Kristel Padasas, 27, of Manila, who worked with a recovery project for victims of Typhoon Haiyan, died after the papal Mass in Tacloban when high winds blew over scaffolding. She had traveled from Samar Island, where her project is based, to volunteer at the Mass.

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila told reporters that he translated at the meeting.

Kristel Padasas (CNS/courtesy CRS)

"The Holy Father was searching for words," the cardinal said. "How do you console with words a father who just lost his only child? The Holy Father did not apologize for his lack of words, but he was there" and let his presence speak.

"I think what struck the Holy Father was the statement of the father of Kristel. At first he said he felt devastated and he even asked God, you know, 'I have only one child, why is she taken away from me?'" the cardinal said.

"But then it surprised the Holy Father when this grieving father said, 'I have accepted this. I have resigned myself to the fact that my daughter's no longer with me. I rejoice that she died serving other people, especially serving this visit of the Holy Father. So it's a meaningful death,'" the cardinal quoted the father as saying

The young woman's father explained that he had decided to stay home and watch the papal visit on television because he was certain the expected crowds meant he would not be able to get anywhere near Pope Francis.

"'Then,' he said, 'my daughter died. She arranged this meeting with the Holy Father.' And when I translated that for the Holy Father, the Holy Father just shook his head and said, 'What faith. What faith,'" the cardinal said.

"I think the Holy Father was surprised, in a pleasant way, that here he was trying to show compassion and mercy, but this grieving man witnessed to his faith before the Holy Father."

Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said that for the meeting, the young woman's father brought two photographs that were kept on the table as they spoke: One was a recent photo and another was of her as a little girl with her mother and father.

During the meeting, Father Lombardi said, there was an attempt to reach the young woman's mother by telephone in Hong Kong.

"The pope had the idea, as he very often does, to call," but it was unsuccessful.

CRS staffers were stunned and mourned Padasas' death, offering prayers for her family.

"Her colleagues remember her as someone who loved to laugh and who was always ready to assist outside her normal duties," said a Jan. 17 statement from CRS, the U.S. bishops' international relief and development agency. "She found great joy in being able to contribute to the recovery effort by working directly with communities and families."

"Her dedication to the people affected by the typhoon extended beyond her official work with CRS," the statement added. "She traveled a great distance to volunteer at today's papal Mass and to remember the victims of Typhoon Haiyan."

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