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| Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in Plaza Miranda, Quiapo, Manila |
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle has
declared five churches as Pilgrim
Churches in the Archdiocese of Manila during the Year of Faith (Oct. 11,
2012-Nov. 24, 2013). The five are Minor
Basilica of the Black Nazarene in Plaza Miranda, Quiapo, Manila;
Saint John the Baptist Parish in Pinaglabanan Street, San Juan City; Our
Lady of Sorrows Parish in F.B. Harrison Street, Pasay City; the Archdiocesan
Shrine of Divine Mercy in Maysilo Circle, Boni Avenue, Mandaluyong City; and
the National Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Sacred Heart Street, San Antonio
Village, Makati City.
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| Saint John the Baptist Parish in Pinaglabanan Street, San Juan City |
According to the decree issued by Cardinal Tagle, a Pilgrim
Church should “make readily available to the people of God of the Archdiocese
of Manila the graces and summons of the Year of Faith as enunciated in the
Apostolic Letter (of Pope Benedict XVI), Porta Fidei.” The Pilgrim Churches, in its activities,
should note “the pastoral
recommendations by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Decree
of Apostolic Penitentiary and Archdiocesan directives for the Year of Faith.”
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| Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in F.B. Harrison Street, Pasay City |
Pilgrims visiting the Pilgrim churches can receive plenary
indulgences according to the prescribed norms – going to confession and
receiving Holy Communion and praying for the Pope the Apostles Creed, Our
Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be.
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| Archdiocesan Shrine of Divine Mercy in Maysilo Circle, Boni Avenue, Mandaluyong City |
The Pilgrim churches should also have special programs for
the pilgrims on the Year of Faith.
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| National Shrine of the Sacred Heart, San Antonio Village, Makati City |
Pope Benedict XVI
opened the Year of Faith on October 11, 2012. In declaring it, he said that the
aim of the Year of Faith “is to give renewed energy to the Church’s mission to
lead men and women out of the desert in which they so often find themselves,
and towards the place of life, towards friendship with Christ Who gives us life
in all its fullness.”
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