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Quito Pilgrimage 2013 The valiant Archbishop, although deprived of those helpers, continued the work of the National Basilica. United with the other prelates of Ecuador, he set the following tenth of …More
Quito Pilgrimage 2013
The valiant Archbishop, although deprived of those helpers, continued the work of the National Basilica. United with the other prelates of Ecuador, he set the following tenth of July as the date for the solemn placing of the first stone on San Juan Hill. It was the second stone placed with the nature of a first. Let us recall that the true cornerstone was placed in the area of Belen on October 5, 1883, that is, eight years, nine months and five days previously, with great solemnity and a discourse by Pentavirate member Luis Cordero. In a collective pastoral letter dated July ninth, the Ecuadorian episcopate said:
The Basilica of the National Vow will be the palace from which the Supreme Monarch of the entire universe will reign in this nation. This church will be the throne of the divine mercies and the fount of graces for the whole Republic. Against the walls of this shrine the waves of revolution and of impiety will crash powerlessly. Against them the lances will …More