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Prayer Martin de Porres, faithful follower of Jesus Christ, let us strive to imitate your examples of union with God through prayer of universal love and offer sacrifice and joyful service of those in need, especially those who greatly suffer physically or morally. We rely on your kindness and sensitivity for the needy and we ask dear brother, that you present to your friend Jesus Christ our petition of help in our needs. So be it. Amen.

(Update on Bishops to Elect new CBCP President , repost from CBCPnews ) MANILA, July 11, 2009─A brother bishop portrayed the newly-elected president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), Tandag Bishop Nereo Odchimar as a “kind man”. “This I know for having related with him for sometime especially in canonical matters,” said Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz. Cruz, a canon lawyer and a former CBCP President himself said he is praying for Bishop Odchimar’s “successful leadership.” Asked about his reactions to reports that Odchimar talked with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in Malacañang a couple of days before he got elected as CBCP President, Cruz said he is not disturbed at all. “I read the article and I was not disturbed by it because he is free to talk to anybody he likes to,” the prelate said. Cruz did not attend the Plenary Assembly at Pope Pius XII Catholic Center in Manila due to some urgent matters he said he needed to focus on. “[I] was given an ...