Vatican bestows minor basilica title on Angeles City church

RELIGIOUS MILESTONE Members of the Pampanga clergy march on a red carpet toward the Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish Church, or “Pisamban Maragul” (Big Church), in Angeles City for the church’s solemn proclamation as a minor basilica. —PHOTO FROM FACEBOOK PAGE OF PISAMBAN MARAGUL

ANGELES CITY, PAMPANGA, Philippines — The Vatican officially elevated the Holy Rosary Parish Church here, also known as “Pisamban Maragul” (Big Church), into a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church during a solemn proclamation on Wednesday.

The historic ceremony was led by San Fernando Archbishop Florentino Lavarias and Archbishop Charles John Brown, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines.

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Brown read the decree of apostolic concession, which signaled the official elevation of the church into a minor basilica.FEATURED STORIES