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"Alfredo Verzosa",
"Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist",
"Cesar Maria Guerrero",
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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.",
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