Catholics in RP venerate John Paul II
05/02/2011Millions across the largely Catholic Philippines remembered Pope John Paul II yesterday as the Vatican prepared for a ceremony to honor him with near-sainthood status.
In the province of Bataan, north of the capital Manila, dozens joined an early morning walk to raise funds for a papal shrine featuring a life-size statue of the much-beloved pontiff.
The shrine was built at a park which used to house the United Nation’s refugee processing center. The late pope said mass for thousands of Vietnam war refugees there during his first visit to the Philippines in 1981..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110502nat4.html
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