MANAOG, Pangasinan – A bill that seeks to
make Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Manaoag in Pangasinan, a pilgrimage site
will soon become a law, Pangasinan fourth district Rep. Georgina de
Venecia said.
The House of Representatives committee on
tourism passed House Bill 4481, De Venecia told local media.
The church will be formally declared as
Basilica Minore next month. Pope Francis gave the title Minor Basilica to the
shrine last October.
“In view of this recognition and its
prominence as a pilgrims’ destination, it’s about time that the government do
something to take care of the welfare and protection of the throngs of Catholic
devotees, who represent 80 percent of our country’s population, who have and
will continue to visit the Shrine of Our Lady of The Rosary in Manaoag,” De
Venecia, whose congressional turf includes Manaoag, said.
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the
Philippines said the shrine is the parish church of the archdiocese of
Lingayen-Dagupan, which is an affiliate of the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria
Maggiore in Rome.
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