Google+SAN PEDRO CALUNGSOD - A GMA News TV Historical Docudrama Airing Sunday, October 21, 8:45 PM
The Philippines gains a new Saint this October 21 in Pedro Calungsod.
Calungsod will only be the second Filipino officially declared a Saint after Pope John Paul II canonized Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila in 1987.
Very little is known about Pedro Calungsod. GMA News TV Channel 11 sets out to introduce him to the audience — with a television special dramatizing his life.
Pedro Calungsod was born in 1655 in what was then the Diocese of Cebu, which covered the islands of Panay and Mindanao, as well as the Pacific island of Guam. An assistant lay catechist, he was killed “in hatred of the faith” by Chamorro natives while trying to defend his fellow missionary Jesuit priest Diego Luis de San Vitores.
Through historical reenactments interspersed with interviews with Church experts and followers, GMA News TV provides the audience with a deeper understanding and appreciation of Calungsod’s life.
San Pedro Calungsod will air on Sunday, October 21 at 8:45 PM, the day Calungsod is canonized. The docudrama will be a highly anticipated News TV program for the over 80% Catholic audience in the Philippines, particularly Cebuanos.
(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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