SunStar Editorial: Touching other niños
REACH OUT. In the feast of the Sto. Niño de Cebu, which many Cebuanos regard as the culmination of the Christmas season and the launch of the year, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma’s message of union and solidarity with the marginalized is worth putting into practice during a pandemic that exacts distancing, isolation and community quarantine. / Sunstar File
+ January 17, 2021 In a brightly lit but sparsely occupied Basilica, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma delivered the most important message towards the end of a stirring homily given during the Solemn Pontifical and Concelebrated Mass that opened the 456th feast of the Sto. Niño on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021.
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Photo by Amper Campana January 11, 2021 THE Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño has canceled all public masses starting Tuesday, January 12, until Sinulog day, January 17.
The cancelation was announced Monday afternoon, January 11, by the Augustinian friars of the Basilica led by the church s rector, Fr. Pacifico Nohara Jr.
In a statement, Nohara said it has been a tough challenge for the Basilica admministrators, with the government and private agencies, to manage the flock of devotees and pilgrims at the Basilica in our simplified celebration of the novena and the upcoming feast. For the four days, we have observed that the surge of people coming to venerate and celebrate the Novena Masses has brought us into a conclusion that a greater action should be done to prevent us from the virus. Having this situation in mind and moreover reminded by Christian morals that the utmost goal of the Church is to bring each and every Christian to an integral salvation, n