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Pope Francis Parish Church

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The initial title that I wrote for this story was "Palo Archbishop's Palace. But I changed it to "Pope Francis Parish Church" as that is purportedly the official name, so I learned from a nun at the church. The story is... this place (not just this church) has been very well-known to many Catholics for being the "Archbishop's Palace". But this edifice I visited is not the palace. This is a church built very recently and beautifully, together with an orphanage. So where is the palace? Up at the hill above this church! Anyway, I was just passing, and saw that this gate was open. I said to the driver "let's check it out"! And so we did! Driver initially parked at the side of the road, but an old man told him he can drive his car in and park there instead. I left them to it and already proceeded inside by that open gate at right. You know, this compound now has two big gates that are a bit of an angle instead of a straight side-by-side f