MADRID: Venerable Bishop Alvaro Del Portillo was beatified here in Madrid yesterday September 27. That means he is now called Blessed Alvaro. Blesseds are publicly recognized by the Church as saints but are not canonized or listed on the canon. One day he will be called Saint Alvaro del Portillo.

This capital city of Spain was where he encountered Opus Dei through its founder San Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer. Some 1600 of us Filipinos have come from the Philippines to attend the beatification ceremonies.

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