Washington D.C., Jun 24, 2021 / 18:00 pm
Catholic Church leaders in the Philippines honored the country’s former president, Benigno Aquino III, who died on Thursday, June, 24, from a lingering illness. He was 61 years old.
The former president was the son of two of the country’s political icons, — former president Corazon Aquino and former senator Benigno Aquino Jr.
Cardinal Jose Advincula of the Archdiocese of Manila led Church leaders in offering prayers for the country’s former president.
“We have been informed of the sad news of the passing away of our former president,” announced the cardinal at his installation as the 33rd archbishop of the national capital on Thursday morning.
“Let us entrust him to the mercy of our loving father and let us now pray for the eternal repose of his soul,” said the cardinal.
“Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace,” prayed Cardinal Advincula.
Aquino’s father and namesake, Benigno Jr., was an opposition leader during the rule of strongman Ferdinand Marcos. He was assassinated when he returned home from political exile in the United States in 1983.
The killing shocked the nation and helped propel Marcos out of office in the 1986 “People Power” revolution, and ushered in the presidency of Aquino’s mother, Corazon.
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