CEBU CITY—Filipinos play a key role in spreading Christianity to the world in the course of their employment as migrant workers, the representative of Pope Francis said on Wednesday (April 14) at the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the first baptism in the Philippines.
“Keep the flame of faith alive,” said Archbishop Charles Brown, papal nuncio to the Philippines and the Pope’s representative in the celebration.
Brown lauded Filipinos for accepting Christianity five centuries ago and sharing it with the world.
The Christian faith, he said, started in Asia where Jesus sent the Holy Spirit and summoned apostles to spread his mi…
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