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Pope Francis will bless a mosaic image of San Pedro Calungsod, the second Filipino saint, at the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy on November 21, said Cebu Archbishop and outgoing Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Jose Palma.
The blessing of the image of the Visayan martyr will be followed by a mass to be officiated by Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle.
“The Holy Father said he will just do the blessing and told the cardinal (Tagle) to say the mass,” the prelate said at the Philippine Conference on New Evangelization (PCNE) held at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila from October 16 to 18.
Palma said he and some other bishops will fly to Rome for the occasion Calungsod’s image will be placed permanently inside the basilica alongside the image of San Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino saint, whose image has been there for the last 25 years.
Palma said it is an honor for the Philippine Church that another Filipino saint will have an image inside the basilica aside from San Lorenzo Ruiz.
“We should feel privileged that the image of our two saints will be seen when you go to the St. Peter’s Basilica.”
Christina I. Hermoso
Manila Bulletin
(c. 1654 – 2 April 1672) was a young Roman Catholic Filipino migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist, who along with Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores, suffered religious persecution and martyrdom on Guam for their missionary work in 1672. Through Calungsod and San Vitores' missionary efforts, many native Chamorros converted to Roman Catholicism.
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