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March 16, 2021 PREMIER ecclesiastical artist Wilfredo Layug has made another first, as his rendition of the image of the Maria Santisima del Sagrario was formally blessed on its canonical seat at the Parish of San Jose Obrero in Malaga, Spain.
Layug’s latest artistic work is the first Spanish-commissioned image of the Virgin Mary that is now formally venerated in Spain, the country that brought Catholicism to the Philippines and the long standing tradition of ecclesiastical wood carving.
The image was formally blessed on March 13 by Rev. Fr. Salvador Javier Guerrero Cuevas.
The event was attended by members and officers of the Grupo Proquial de Padre Jesus dela Verdad ande Caifas y Maria del Sagrario and members of the Filipino community in Malaga and the Philippine Consulate in Spain.
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Philippine police escort Leila de Lima on her way to a local court to face an obstruction of justice complaint in Quezon city, metro Manila, Philippines in this file photo from March 13, 2017. - Reuters
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): Opposition Sen Leila de Lima on Wednesday (Feb 17) won one of the three drug cases filed against her by the Duterte administration in connection with alleged involvement in a conspiracy to promote drug trade at New Bilibid Prisons (NBP).
She said acquittal even in one case under Duterte was already a victory.
Denied bail, however, she will continue her four-year detention pending the resolution of the two other cases.
Philippine bishops give churchgoers Lenten pointers
Prelates tell Filipinos not to lose hope as Ash Wednesday launches Lenten season
Catholics have ashes imposed on their heads during a service at Manila Cathedral on Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the Lenten season. (Photo: Manila Archdiocese)
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has released a Lenten message to nearly 80 million Filipino Catholics celebrating Ash Wednesday on Feb. 17.
Ash Wednesday, a day for fasting and abstinence, marks the beginning of the Lenten season.
The prelates said churchgoers should remember that life is never “only” about passion or suffering as Christ experienced on the cross. The resurrection of Jesus Christ gave meaning to all his suffering and death, they said.