Published January 12, 2021, 7:15 AM
John Arcilla (left) and Father Fernando Suarez
It’s so sad that www.gmovies.ph is only extending four films from the Metro Manila Film Festival: “Fan Girl,” “The Missing,” “Coming Home,” and “Tagpuan.” I was able to make it to the last day of the film festival, Jan 7, and I chose to watch “Suarez: The Healing Priest,” primarily because of my relationship with Fr. Fernando Suarez when he was still alive. I was first introduced to Fr. Suarez in Rome after Piolo Pascual and I had a concert for the Filipino community in Rome through TFC. One of his followers said that Fr. Suarez wanted to meet me and I was hesitant because I had a whole day of shopping and tourist itinerary. That time Fr. Suarez was not popular yet in the Philippines and I wasn’t sick or did I need any kind of healing, although my lower back was killing me for all the travel. I figured, what’s more important than shopping ladies? But his follower was so