Tag: Antipolo Cathedral

Italian Archbishop Rino Fisichella, pro-prefect of the dicastery’s Section of Evangelization, will lead the “Misa de Gracia” at 9:30 a.m.

Bishop Ruperto Santos of Antipolo said that the cathedral’s new status “is now the gift of the Philippine Church to the whole world”

The cathedral, also the country’s first national shrine, is a popular pilgrimage site visited by many devotees of Our Lady of Antipolo

In a solemn Mass, the 65-year-old bishop took possession of the Antipolo Cathedral’s chair as the fifth bishop of the diocese

The relics will be placed in an accessible area in the cathedral, where they can be publicly venerated by pilgrims and the faithful

The declaration makes the Antipolo Cathedral the country’s first international shrine, the third in Asia, and the 11th worldwide

The enthronement was held during Mass at the Church of the Assumption in Connecticut’s Westport community on Saturday, Nov. 12

The Antipolo shrine becomes the 11th international shrine and the third in Asia

The wall is an invitation to pilgrims from the various regions of the Philippines and other countries to pray and reflect