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55 Filipino bishops, priests attend global clergy congress |
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Written by www.cathnewsphil.com
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Monday, 14 June 2010 00:00 |
FIVE Filipino bishops and 50 priests represented the Philippines at an international congress for the clergy in Rome.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines said the International Congress for the Clergy was held at St. Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica in Rome last week.
“A good number of lay Filipinos coming from as far as the United States and other European countries were seen at the vigil,” the CBCP reported.
Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales led the Philippine delegation at the clergy congress to close the Year for Priests.
Other Filipino bishops included Ramon Villena (Bayombong), Auxiliary Manila Bishop Bernardino Cortez, and retired bishops Benjamin Almoneda and Antonio Ranola.
Presiding over the masses at the two-day congress were Cardinal Claudio Hummes, Prefect of the Pontifical Congregation for the Clergy and the Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. |