Pedro Calungsod

c. 1654 – April 2, 1672
October 11th, 2012

Binay to represent Aquino in Calungsod canonization

Vice President Jejomar Binay will lead the Philippine delegation to the canonization of the country’s second Filipino saint, Blessed Pedro Calungsod, on October 21 at the Vatican City.

He will be representing President Benigno Aquino III as Pope Benedict XVI is set to name Calungsod a saint after Lorenzo Ruiz, who was canonized by now Blessed Pope John Paul II on October 1981. Read the rest of this entry

July 12th, 2012

Church invites Aquino, Binay to thanksgiving mass for Calungsod

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III and Vice President Jejomar Binay have been invited to the National Thanksgiving Mass for the canonization of Blessed Pedro Calungsod in November.

Calungsod will be canonized as the country’s second saint in October this year or about 50 years after Manila native Lorenzo Ruiz was canonized by now Blessed Pope John Paul II.  Read the rest of this entry