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Pd of national mourning in the Ph declared for Pope Francis
By Nidz Godino
“Pope Francis holds special place in the hearts of Filipino people, particularly for his apostolic visit to the Philippines in January 2015, where he offered comfort and solidarity to victims of Typhoon Yolanda and celebrated resilience of the Filipino faanatics despite adversities,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.has issued proclamation declaring period of national mourning over passing of Pope Francis.
Proclamation 871, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, declared period of national mourning effective immediately until the late pope’s burial on Saturday.
During period of mourning, national flag shall be flown at half-mast from sunrise to sunset in all government buildings and installations throughout Philippines and abroad.
According to Marcos, pope’s passing is moment of profound sorrow for Catholic Church and for Filipino people, who recognize him as global leader of compassion and tireless advocate of peace, justice and human dignity.
Large majority of Filipinos are Catholics.
Francis served as 266th pope of Roman Catholic Church from March 13, 2013 until his passing on Easter Monday, April 21. He was 88.
Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Francis was first Jesuit, first Latin American and first non-European pontiff in over 1, 200 years.
Meanwhile, Malacañang confirmed President Marcos and First Lady Liza Marcos would attend funeral of Pope Francis, with travel details yet to be provided by Palace.
Other world leaders expected to attend pope’s funeral are US President Donald Trump, Argentinian President Javier Milei, French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Francis’ funeral mass will take place on Saturday, April 26, at 10 in the morning (Vatican time) in St. Peter’s Square, to be presided over by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of College of Cardinals.
“Pope Francis is one of a kind…that’s really sad… I love this pope…best pope in my lifetime as far as I’m concerned,” the President previously said.
Francis is “man of profound faith and humility” and “led not only with wisdom but with heart open to all, especially the poor and forgotten,” Marcos said.
“By example, Pope Francis taught us to be good Christian is to extend kindness and care to one another…his humility brought many back to the fold of the Church,” he noted.
Kalookan’s Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David is scheduled to leave for Vatican today to attend funeral of pope.
David said there would be pre-conclave meeting after funeral.
“Probable, start of the actual conclave is 15-20 days after death, any day between May 5-10,” he said.
The Kalookan cardinal added possible that conclave would run for a week.
Aside from David, Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula is also expected to attend the pontiff’s funeral, but the Archdiocese of Manila has not released his travel schedule.
David, Advincula and Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, are three Filipino cardinals who would be attending conclave.
Meanwhile, Philippine Postal Corp. is seriously considering issuing stamp in honor of the late pontiff.
PHLPost postmaster general Luis Carlos said they have already made initial discussion on issuing another Pope Francis stamp during their Stamp Committee meeting.
“I think it will be patronized….Post Office should put out one,” he said.
Committee would have to discuss design of Pope Francis stamp and have them printed, with likely release next month.
PHLPost could print 5,000 to 10,000 copies of Pope Francis stamp, Carlos said.
In 2014, PHLPost featured Pope Francis in stamp that was sold at P40 each. They produced 90,000 copies of stamp.
Even with new pope, Catholic Church’s attitude toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ)+ community will remain the same, no discrimination, official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said.
CBCP Episcopal Commission on Public Affairs executive secretary Fr. Jerome Secillano said that while words used by Pope Francis that showed inclusivity of LGBTQ+ community may be “novel,” Church’s attitude toward them has been the same.
“When we speak of non-discrimination and accepting LGBT community, I think Church has always been open to accommodating them… never a moment Church condemned them,” Secillano said.
According to the Church official, Pope Francis may have just highlighted issue because of words “who am I to judge?”
Francis has been regarded by many as a champion of LGBTQ+ community because of his statements showing acceptance and compassion.
At one time, pontiff was reportedly asked what is the most important thing for LGBTQ+ people to know about God, to which he replied, “God is Father and He does not disown any of His children…and ‘style’ of God is ‘closeness and mercy and tenderness…’ along this path you will find God.”
“Even catechism of the Catholic Church, there was no word that would say that we condemned these people, that we discriminate against these people…again it was highlighted because it was the pope speaking,” Secillano said.
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