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  "path": "/trends-spotlights/2026/04/02/311282/sainthood-cause-for-lingayens-first-bishop-opens/",
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  "tags": [
    "Trends + Spotlights",
    "Alfredo Verzosa",
    "Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist",
    "Cesar Maria Guerrero",
    "Dicastery for the Causes of Saints",
    "Fidelis Layog",
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  "textContent": "The beatification cause for Bishop Cesar Maria Guerrero, the first shepherd of Lingayen, formally began March 27. A Mass opening the diocesan phase of the cause was presided over by Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Dagupan City. The ceremony followed the Vatican’s issuance of a “nihil […]\n\nThe post Sainthood cause for Lingayen’s first bishop opens appeared first on Interaksyon.",
  "title": "Sainthood cause for Lingayen’s first bishop opens"
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