Palace: Canonization of Blessed Pedro Calungsod a source of natl pride

The canonization of Blessed Pedro Calungsod as the Philippines’ second saint on Sunday will be a day of great spiritual joy and national pride, Malacañang said on Saturday.

 

Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the Palace joins the Catholic world in the “solemn commemoration and celebration.”

 

“This is a day of great spiritual joy and national pride not only for Filipino Catholics but also those who call the Philippines home,” she said on government-run dzRB radio.

 

She also pointed out that Vice President Jejomar Binay and Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras are leading a delegation of Filipinos attending the canonization rites at St. Peter Square.

 

Valte reiterated that Binay and Almendras are President Benigno Aquino III’s representatives to the event.

 

Aquino cannot attend the event as he is leaving on Sunday for state visits to New Zealand and Australia.

 

Calungsod is the country’s second saint after Lorenzo Ruiz.

 

Calungsod was beatified in 2000 by Blessed John Paul II. - VVP, GMA News