MAGELLAN'S CROSS. Bishop Midyphil Billones (center with violet skull cap) kneels with the Acolytes in front of the Magellan's Cross to commemorate through Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) its planting by Spanish explorers led by Ferdinand Magellan on April 14, 1521. The cross remains right on the same spot it was planted 501 years ago. (Photo courtesy of the Basilica Minore del Sto. Nino) CEBU CITY - Cebuanos on Maundy Thursday marked the 501st anniversary of the planting of the cross by the Spaniards through the "Via Crucis" (Way of the Cross) at the Magellan's Cross Pavilion right on the spot it was planted on April 14, 1521. "How beautiful is this celebration. We are doing this in line with the historical celebration of April 14 where the planting of a cross was done in this vicinity" some 501 years ago, Cebu Auxiliary Bishop Midyphil Billones said in his sermon during the event. Besides remembering the planting of the cross by the Spanish explorers, Bil
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