MANILA, Philippines — It appears that former president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino had two heart problems before he passed away, a Jesuit priest who was also his friend said on Friday.
According to Fr. Jose Ramon Villarin SJ, the homilist at Aquino’s requiem Mass at the Church of Ges in Ateneo de Manila, he exchanged messages with the former president before and after his heart surgery last May.
But aside from his heart ailment, Villarin said that Aquino also pointed to another type of “broken heart” — one that cannot be healed.
“Sabi niya, ‘the heart got enlarged because it was working so hard to remove the fluid because efficiency was down due t…
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