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                    [Title] => Pope tells missionary group to respect culture
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Pope Francis told members of a missionary movement yesterday they must respect local customs and bishops' guidance while globally spreading the faith, saying the Catholic Church's overall unity is more important than the details of their own practices.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-02 07:01:54 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90654 [Title] => Sin to re-consecrate Filipino nation to God [Summary] => Archbishop of Manila Jaime Cardinal Sin will say Mass outside the Our Lady of EDSA Shrine in Mandaluyong City on Sunday afternoon to "re-consecrate" the nation to God.

Monsignor Socrates Villegas, the shrine’s rector and Sin’s spokesman, told The STAR yesterday the Catholic hierarchy as well as religious and other sectors will assemble at the shrine to "re-consecrate the entire Filipino nation" to God and the Immaculate Heart of Mary on the feast of Our Lady of Fatima.
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Kalibo Bishop Gabriel Reyes said in an official statement yesterday that the shrine was built with contributions from Catholics and money from the Archdiocese of Manila.

"I was chairman of the construction committee of the shrine," he said. "And I can assure that no government funds went into the construction of the shrine."
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