THE Archdiocese of Cebu has been safeguarding its religious assets with cultural and historical significance.
This was revealed by Fr. Bryan Brigoli, chairman of the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission of the Cultural Heritage of the Church, in an interview with SunStar Cebu on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, amid the calls for the return of “stolen” pulpit panels from Nuestra Señora del Patrocinio de Maria Santisima Parish Church in Boljoon, southern Cebu.
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma says the four stolen panels are sacred objects because they were on the pulpit 'where for centuries, Augustinian friars delivered sermons to the faithful'
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma asserted that the pulpit panels taken from Boljoon Church in the Philippines’ Cebu province were the property of the Archdiocese of Cebu.
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Panels allegedly stolen in the 1980s from the heritage church of Boljoon resurfaced after they were donated by Unionbank CEO Edwin Bautista to the National Museum