Big crowd at state honors, last rites for Cardinal Sin
Jun 30, 2005
About 20,000 people gathered at the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros, Manila yesterday morning to witness the state honors and funeral rites for the former Archbishop of Manila, Jaime Cardinal Sin.
(Manila Bulletin Online, June 28, 2005) National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Director Vidal Querol said as early as 7 a.m., hundreds of people started to gather in the cathedral’s vicinity. Banners expressing love and gratitude to the late prelate were also hoisted.
A procession around the Plaza Roma, participated in by Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales, the former auxiliary bishops of Manila, and members of the College of Consultors of the Archdiocese of Manila, kicked off the funeral ceremonies.
The crowd cheered as the late prelate’s coffin passed them, with "Tisoy," the horse that also carried the coffin of the late movie actor and 2004 presidential candidate Fernando Poe, Jr., pulling the caisson.
The state honors were led by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo who handed the folded Philippine flag to Cardinal Sin’s "next-of-kin," his brother Dr. Ramon Sin.
Among the personalities present were former President Corazon Aquino, Tarlac Rep. Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III, Mrs. Gina de Venecia, National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) National Chairman Jose ConcepBig crowd at state honors, last rites for Cardinal Sin
About 20,000 people gathered at the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros, Manila yesterday morning to witness the state honors and funeral rites for the former Archbishop of Manila, Jaime Cardinal Sin.
(Manila Bulletin Online, June 28, 2005) National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Director Vidal Querol said as early as 7 a.m., hundreds of people started to gather in the cathedral’s vicinity. Banners expressing love and gratitude to the late prelate were also hoisted.
A procession around the Plaza Roma, participated in by Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales, the former auxiliary bishops of Manila, and members of the College of Consultors of the Archdiocese of Manila, kicked off the funeral ceremonies.
The crowd cheered as the late prelate’s coffin passed them, with "Tisoy," the horse that also carried the coffin of the late movie actor and 2004 presidential candidate Fernando Poe, Jr., pulling the caisson.
The state honors were led by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo who handed the folded Philippine flag to Cardinal Sin’s "next-of-kin," his brother Dr. Ramon Sin.
Among the personalities present were former President Corazon Aquino, Tarlac Rep. Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III, Mrs. Gina de Venecia, National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) National Chairman Jose Concep
Big crowd at state honors, last rites for Cardinal Sin