‘I hope that I do good’: From children to the elderly, Singapore gets ready for Pope Francis’ visit

Pope Francis is now touring Asia for 11 times as a four-nation. It is his first journey since September last year and his longest since taking over the Catholic Church in 2013.

The 87-year-old papacy began the journey in Jakarta, Indonesia next Tuesday, before travelling to Papua New Guinea.

He landed in Timor-Leste on Monday, and will be in Singapore from Wednesday to Friday.

A pleasant service held at Parliament House on Thursday is one of the things Pope Francis ‘ plan includes. Later that evening, he will even attend the National Stadium and offer the homily.

About 370 primary and secondary pupils may add a 1, 600-strong singing to speak more than 30 songs in English, Latin, Taiwanese, Malay and Tamil.

Mr Titus Chang, choir teacher-in-charge at CHIJ Secondary ( Toa Payoh ), said the school first learned in May that it would be involved in the mass.

The Catholic female ‘ class, which is celebrating its 170th celebration this year, is also extra special for the bishop’s visit.

” It has been decades of preparation. I believe the girls at my school put in a lot of effort and work really, really hard, and they are all very excited to see this important event,” he continued.

” Whether ( they ) are Catholic or… are non-Catholic, I think this is a great opportunity for our students to come together and foster this sense of community”.