Opening session ng Diocesan Phase ng "Cause for Beatification" ni Laureana "Ka Luring" Franco, isinagawa na

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00:00The opening session was held today to declare Lorena Calurin Franco as a blessed woman

00:08who is possible to become a blessed saint.

00:11This is the first of Bernard Ferrer.

00:14The opening session was held today

00:16to season-pace the cause for beatification of Lorena Calurin Franco.

00:21It is an important process to declare Franco as a blessed woman

00:24and to canonize her as a blessed saint.

00:28In the opening session, we read the supplant Slavelos

00:31that counts as the life of Franco

00:33and a document from the Holy See

00:36that was sent to Diocese of Basic Bishop Milo Hubert C. Vergara

00:40who gave the go-signal to start the process.

00:43We also heard the proclamation of decree

00:45of the opening of the cause of beatification and canonization

00:48of the servant of God, Lorena Calurin Franco

00:51and the creation of the tribunal.

00:53Franco was born on July 4, 1936 in Hagon, Itagin.

00:57He was a catechist and layman

00:59who dedicated himself to serving the poor and the oppressed in Taguig.

01:04In 1990, he was made a Papal Honor by Pope John Paul II.

01:09He also received the Mother Teresa Award.

01:11Franco was a cancer patient but he continued to serve

01:14until he died in 2011.

01:16Franco's simple life is what he is proud of

01:19especially the way he shares the words of God with the youth.

01:22Calurin was a catechist, a hard worker,

01:27who helped the poor.

01:29He gave his last meal to the hungry.

01:33According to me, he was a hard worker, a legion, a catechist.

01:38He dedicated his life to the Lord.

01:41The Catholic Church is waiting for Franco

01:44who is expected to undergo various examinations.

01:47Bernard Ferrer for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.