(Photo courtesy of the Our Lady of the Abandoned Parish in Muntinlupa Facebook page) MANILA - The Vatican has granted a pontifical coronation of the venerated image of the Our Lady of the Abandoned that is enshrined in Muntinlupa City. The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines news website reported on Friday that the shrine received the decree dated July 8, 2022, indicating the grant of canonical coronation for its Marian patroness from the Dicastery on Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments. Fr. Jonathan Cadiz, rector of the Our Lady of the Abandoned Shrine, said the people of Muntinlupa, especially the devotees of the Our Lady of the Abandoned, welcomed the good news. "I am looking forward to the further deepening of the people's devotion to Our Lady and growth in charity for the least, the last, and the lost in our society," Cadiz said. The Our Lady of the Abandoned is the patroness of the mother parish of the city, founded in 1863, and was one o