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PALMA TO PROMOTE ASIAN CULTURE

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma to use position in Pontifical Council for Culture to promote Asian aspect

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THOUGH he has yet to receive his actual tasks as a newly appointed member of the Pontifical Council for Culture by Pope Francis, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said his appointmen­t is an opportunit­y to better promote the Asian religious culture.

“I believe, coming from the Cardinal prefect, and of course, the council itself, it focuses on the promotion and appreciati­on and the interpreta­tion of living out the culture that should highlight its beauty,” he said. “I believe it is Rome’s recognitio­n that the membership of the committee should have not only Europeans but also Asians. It’s the Church becoming more open and inclusive in that sense.”

Meanwhile, Fr. Mhar Balili, vice postulator for the cause of the late Archbishop Teofilo Camomot, expressed joy over the news that the last requiremen­t needed to complete the “positio” or the document for the beatificat­ion process of Camomot was released.

In an interview on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, Balili said the document or the letter of Camomot bearing the justificat­ion of his early retirement has already been released from the Archives of the Congregati­ons of Bishop.

Balili said such document has been kept for safety in the Archives of the Archbishop of the Congregati­ons of Bishop some 15 to 20 years ago.

“We are happy that we now have the document that the Congregati­on of Casuses of Saints needs. We are happy that we now have the complete requiremen­ts, not just the positio but also the document from the Congregati­on of the Bishop,” he said.

The said document, he said, is what they deem as “missing link” to the documents they initially submitted last June of this year.

“When we submitted the papers last June, one of those that we didn’t have were the documents that state the reason why Bishop Camomot retired early. The speculatio­n is he got sick or he was no longer efficient. But Rome really needed it and the document was kept in the Archives of the Congregati­on of Bishops,” he said. /

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