Two Filipino nuncios.(Cerge M. Remonde)

From: Manila Bulletin | Date: May 25, 2006 | Copyright information

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal Arroyo attended the solemn episcopal ordination of Msgr. Francisco Montecillo Padilla at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral last Tuesday.

Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Padilla as the Titular Archbishop of Madio and Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Island.

The new archbishop is only the second Filipino appointed as Papal Nuncio who acts as a representative of the Pope to the local church and the same time Ambassador of the Vatican State. The first Filipino Papal Nuncio is Archbishop Osbaldo Montecillo Padilla who is currently ...

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