Benedict XVI served the Church for eight years, but while he made 24 pastoral visits outside Italy in his entire pontificate, he was never able to reach the Philippines. Read this story by AdrianINQ to know more. INQFocus
According to Benedict himself on Oct. 21, 2012, Calungsod, the second Filipino to become saint, had a love for Christ that inspired him to train as a catechist with Jesuit missionaries in the Philippines.While life became hard in Marianas Islands, where Calungsod went to evangelize the Chamorro people, Benedict said the young catechist “displayed deep faith and charity and continued to catechize […] giving witness to Christ by a life of purity and dedication to the Gospel.
Benedict XVI had said: “Never forget that the Church, in fact humanity itself, all the people around you now and those who await you in the future, expect much from you young people, because you have within you the supreme gift of the Father, the Spirit of Jesus.” “I commend the Church in the Philippines for seeking to play its part in support of human life from conception until natural death, and in defense of the integrity of marriage and the family,” he told Filipino bishops at the Vatican in 2010.Benedict’s legacy to the Philippines was so remarkable that on the day that his death at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery was made public, Filipinos immediately went into mourning despite the fact that it was New Year’s Eve.
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