{"id":244307,"date":"2020-02-07T05:37:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T10:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=244307"},"modified":"2025-01-12T19:08:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T00:08:48","slug":"duterte-pays-last-respects-to-healing-priest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/07\/duterte-pays-last-respects-to-healing-priest\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte pays last respects to \u2018healing priest\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_244308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-244308\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200207-VAL-20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-244308\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200207-VAL-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200207-VAL-20.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200207-VAL-20-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200207-VAL-20-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200207-VAL-20-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-244308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source:<br \/>President Rodrigo Roa Duterte pays his last respects to the late Fr. Fernando Suarez as he visits the wake at the Heritage Funeral Park in Taguig City on February 6, 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday morning visited the wake of \u201chealing priest\u201d Fr. Fernando Suarez at the Heritage Park in Taguig City.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy prelone online <a href=\"http:\/\/edlaboratories.com\/tour\/edl-glio\/swf\/prelone.html\">http:\/\/edlaboratories.com\/tour\/edl-glio\/swf\/prelone.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a press statement, the Palace said the President considers Suarez as a \u201cfriend\u201d and was impressed by late the priest\u2019s healing power.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cialis professional online <a href=\"http:\/\/edlaboratories.com\/tour\/edl-glio\/swf\/cialis-professional.html\">http:\/\/edlaboratories.com\/tour\/edl-glio\/swf\/cialis-professional.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Duterte extended his condolences to the bereaved family of Fr. Suarez, saying he believes in the priest\u2019s healing ministry. He noted that he personally witnessed Fr.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy flomax online <a href=\"http:\/\/edlaboratories.com\/tour\/edl-glio\/swf\/flomax.html\">http:\/\/edlaboratories.com\/tour\/edl-glio\/swf\/flomax.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Suarez\u2019s healing prowess once in Davao City,\u201d the Palace said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President also said that he, together with Sen. Christopher Lawrence \u2018Bong\u2019 Go and Davao del Norte 2nd Rep. Antonio \u2018Tonyboy\u2019 Floriendo Jr., consider(s) Fr. Suarez a friend,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez, 52, died on Tuesday after collapsing during a tennis competition at the Ayala Alabang Clubhouse.<\/p>\n<p>He was rushed to the Asian Hospital Medical Center where he was declared dead due to heart attack.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez, who hails from Taal, Batangas, is known for spearheading faith healing in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He also founded the Missionaries of Mary Mother of the Poor Congregation that has branches in Batangas, Cebu, and Davao del Norte.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his popularity, Suarez was barred from performing healing masses in several dioceses, including Cubao, Lingayen-Dagupan, Malolos, and Malaybalay, due to allegations of sexual harassment filed by two altar boys in San Jose, Mindoro in March 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican\u2019s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on January 6 this year ordered the Philippine church to issue a decree of notification, informing Suarez was not guilty of the charges.<\/p>\n<p>The remains of the late priest were brought to his hometown in Batangas on Friday and will be interred on February 15.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2014 President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday morning visited the wake of \u201chealing priest\u201d Fr. 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