Before officially starting his presidential duties, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. decided to attend a Mass with his Cabinet members before formally starting his first day in office as the country's new leader, Malacañang said.
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Papal nuncio urges Filipinos to live out Catholic faith
Faith is a gift that needs to be practiced and spread, he tells gathering marking first-ever baptism in Philippines
Archbishop Charles Brown celebrates Mass in Cebu at an event to commemorate the first Christian baptism in the Philippines 500 years ago. (Photo: Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines)
The apostolic nuncio to the Philippines has challenged Filipino Catholics to live out the faith they received 500 years ago from Spanish missionaries.
Archbishop Charles Brown, Pope Francis’ envoy to the Philippines, also urged Filipinos to take up modern-day challenges in the Catholic faith.
He laid down the challenges during a Mass on April 14 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the country’s first-ever baptism in Cebu.
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(Photo by Amper Campaña) April 14, 2021 THE image of the Sto. Niño de Cebu and the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño de Cebu were declared as national cultural treasures by the National Museum of the Philippines on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, exactly 500 years after the first Catholic baptism in the Philippines.
Under the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009, or Republic Act 10066, a national cultural treasure refers to a unique cultural property that possesses “outstanding historical, cultural, artistic and/or scientific value which is highly significant and important to the country and nation.”
The same law provides that national cultural treasures are entitled to receive the following: priority government funding for protection, conservation and restoration; incentive for private support of conservation and restoration; an official heritage marker; and priority protection by the government in times of armed conflict, natural disasters and other excep