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2012, October 21.  Blessed Pedro Calungsod, Canonization

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CANONIZATION OF BLESSED PEDRO CALUNGSOD

On 19 December 2011, the Holy See officially approved the miracle  qualifying Calungsod for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church.  The recognized miracle dates from 26 March 2003, when a woman from Leyte who was pronounced clinically dead by accredited physicians two hours after a heart attack was revived when an attending physician invoked Calungsod's intercession.

Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over the declaration ceremony on behalf of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. He later revealed that Pope Benedict XVI approved and signed the official promulgation decrees recognizing the miracles as authentic and worthy of belief. The College of Cardinals were then sent a dossier on the new saints, and they were asked to indicate their approval. On 18 February 2012, after the Consistory for the Creation of Cardinals, Cardinal Amato formally petitioned Pope Benedict XVI to announce the canonization of the new saints.  The Pope set the date for the canonization on 21 October 2012 (World Mission Sunday), 340 years after Calungsod's death.

On 21 October 2012, Pope Benedict XVI canonized Calungsod in Saint Peter's Square. Filipino Cardinal Ricardo Jamin Vidal concelebrated with Pope Benedict XVI at the official canonization Mass for Calungsod while among the seven new saints canonized Calungsod was the only one without a first class relic exposed for veneration since his body was thrown into the sea. The cutlass knife, a second-class relic used to hack Calungsod's head and neck however was retrieved by Cardinal Ricardo Vidal from Guam. During the papal homily, Pope Benedict XVI maintained that Calungsod received the Sacrament of Absolution from Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores before his martyrdom and death.

After Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, Calungsod is the second Filipino to be declared a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Martyrology celebrates Calungsod's feast along with Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores every 2 April.  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Calungsod)

 

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