TOP NEWS

1 million join historic Calungsod thanksgiving Mass

As the sun set over the Cebu mountains, the words of an aging cardinal sounded across an open field, where almost a million people gathered to give thanks for a new saint.

Traders sell Pedro CDs, T-shirts at SRP site

With hundreds of thousands of devotees at one venue, enterprising Cebuanos found a ready market to sell their Calungsod-themed wares and commercial goods.

Tugboat pulls Pedro's galleon to SRP wharf

Victoria Pestanas clung to the shoulder of her 77-year-old neighbor Elesia Petalcorin as they waited for the arrival of the Galleon San Diego at the South Road Properties (SRP) wharf yesterday afternoon.

Devotees share stories of faith

Two women yesterday shared their stories of faith in San Pedro Calungsod's intercession for divine providence.

FEATURES

The 'making' of a saint

A Cebuano priest took on his biggest research assignment  tracking down evidence about Pedro Calungsod, a near-forgotten teenager in the 17th century. 

Templete de Pedro

A pyramid-like structure of bamboo towers above an empty canvass of land.

 At its apex is a  cross, five meters tall, the biggest outdoor cross in Cebu.

Be fearless like Pedro, devotees told

Cebuanos should follow the example of Saint Pedro Calungsod whose martyrdom is relevant in this era where “a lot of people are unafraid of God's laws.”

Pilgrim center opens 8 a.m. for Nov. 30 national thanksgiving

Tents were set up in the Compania Maritima grounds for pilgrims coming to Cebu for the Calungsod Thanksgiving Mass.

It’s not a place to sleep over but only a rest stop for the day.

Vatican rites draw ‘biggest wave of travelers’ handled by Cebu tour  agencies

Cebu travel agencies were only expecting 500 pilgrims to go to Rome for tomorrow’s canonization of Blessed Pedro Calungsod but were shocked to be handling at least 3,000.

Toledo parish readies
for Calungsod’s  day

DEVOTEES of Blessed Pedro Calungsod come to this hilltop church in Cantabaco, Toledo City to lift up their petitions.

‘Miracle woman’ skips Rome Cebu doctor  attending rites

People will be keeping an eye out tomorrow in Rome for the woman who was miraculously revived from a coma through the intercession of Visayan martyr Pedro Calungsod.

Fund-raising for  canonization kicks off with Cobonpue artwork for donors

In a wooden box frame, the figure of a man is formed out of bent pieces of thin black iron wire.

SRP FOR PEDRO

Archdiocese accepts SM tycoon’s offer to develop venue for free; Calungsod templete to rise in south reclamation site

The sea in Cebu City's east coast will provide a backdrop
for  the country's Nov. 30 national celebration of the canonization of Visayan martyr  Pedro Calungsod.