Saint Pedro
The Philippines will have its second saint in Blessed Pedro Calungsod.
Calungsod was a 17-year old Roman Catholic Filipino martyr who was killed while doing missionary work in Guam in 1672. He was beatified on March 5, 2000, by Pope John Paul II.
A skilled Sacristan and Catechist, he accompanied Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores to the Marianas Islands to catechize the natives of Marianas island.
Calungsod’s religious persecution and Christian martyrdom is also called In Odium Fidei or In Hatred of the Faith.
Through their missionary efforts, many catechumens converted to the Roman Catholic Church through the Sacrament of Baptism.
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