The 10th Filipino raised to the rank of cardinal since 1960 is an exemplary pastoral leader, a theologian and a courageous beacon in some of the country’s darkest moments, according to Sen. Risa Hontiveros, who urged colleagues to adopt a resolution commending him.
The Most Reverend Bishop Pablo Virgilio Siongco David of the Diocese of Kalookan, was recently appointed by Pope Francis as a new cardinal of the Catholic Church
Bishop Ambo, as David is fondly called, was born on March 2, 1959, in Betis, Guagua, Pampanga, to spouses Pedro Sahagun David and Bienvenida Sanchez Siongco, “at an early age, naturally and spontaneously found his priestly vocation from his catechism class to the Eucharist and his fondness for the promotion of the Pampanga Church’s heritage, especially the grand Betis Church.”
He is recognized, Hontiveros noted, “as one of the leading voices against inhumane government policies that violate human rights and trample on human dignity, such as the violent and bloody war on drugs that stigmatized and traumatized the impoverished communities of the Diocese of Kalookan, which covers the cities of Caloocan, Navotas, and Malabon.”
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