Once in a lifetime: Singapore choir, church volunteers rehearse ahead of Pope’s first visit since 1986 stop

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Once in a lifetime: Singapore choir, church volunteers rehearse ahead of Pope’s first visit since 1986 stop
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SINGAPORE, Sept 9 — Filipino hospital administrator Anna Galarrita and Filipino domestic helper Olga Reyes have been practising for months to be part of the 1,500-strong choir...

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The two women and Singaporean engineer Raphael Lau, who will serve as a communion minister during the mass, have taken time off work to serve as volunteers and to rehearse their roles for the first visit by a pope to the island republic in 38 years. In Singapore, he will hold a mass for 50,000 attendees. He will also meet Singapore’s leadership, visit an elderly home and hold an inter-religious dialogue with local youth.

A spokesperson from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore said news of the visit “has ignited a wave of excitement and devotion within our community”. Despite the small number of Catholics in Singapore, the religion has a long history in the country. Portuguese Catholic missionaries first came to Singapore in the late 15th century.In 1885, the Catholic Church was incorporated as a legal entity.

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