08 - Cardinal Vidal's birthday wish ....

Ricardo Jamin Cardinal Vidal

Function: Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines

Title: Cardinal Priest of Ss Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense

Birthdate: Feb 06, 1931	Country: Philippines

Elevated: May 25, 1985	More information: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

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08 - Cardinal Vidal's birthday wish ....
Feb 12, 2006
08 - Cardinal Vidal's birthday wish: Attain peace, prosperity and live in unity

(news.balita.ph, February 08 2006) President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Wednesday attended the 75th birthday celebration of His Eminence Ricardo Cardinal Vidal in Wack-wack, Mandaluyong City.

In his birthday message during a breakfast which was also attended by former Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair Benjamin Abalos and other government officials, he said, he only had one wish -- "that we can finally move on as a nation, attain peace and prosperity, live in unity and cooperation with each other."

"It is said that one is entitled to make a wish on one's birthday. Everybody seems to have the same wish, but without a corresponding concern for each other, we can only push each other aside and precipitate a stampede of catastrophic proportions," he said.

The Cardinal said that what happened last February 4 where some 74 people died and more than 300 others wounded in a stampede in Philsports Complex, formerly Ultra, "was a mirror-image of our struggle -- in the heart of every individual was the same dream, the same goal, but unregulated and unguided by due concern for others, we can only end up hurting ourselves."

"Our lifetime is not enough to make all dreams come true. But as long as we make one small step everyday to make personal sacrifices, our nation's destiny may yet be forged before our time is up," he added.

Cardinal Vidal thanked the President for gracing his birthday breakfast celebration. "I am very much honored by your (President Arroyo) presence and I thank you for your good wishes on my birthday.

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