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The International Shrine of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo City receives the gift of the golden rose or Rosa d’Oro from Pope Francis.


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Virgin of Antipolo receives ‘golden rose’ gift from Pope Francis

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/Golden-Rose-Pope-Francis-02272024.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="The Golden Rose from Pope Francis offered to the image of Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buen Viaje in Antipolo City. Photo from The Antipolo Cathedral on Facebook."/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">The Golden Rose from Pope Francis offered to the image of Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buen Viaje in Antipolo City.<em> Photo from The Antipolo Cathedral on Facebook.</em></span><em> </em></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA - The International Shrine of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo City received the gift of the Golden Rose or Rosa d’Oro from Pope Francis.</p><p>In a Facebook post, The Antipolo Cathedral shared photos of the golden rose from Pope Francis, which was offered at the foot of the image of Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buen Viaje by His Excellency, Most Reverend Salvatore &quot;Rino&quot; Fisichella, D.D., Pro-Prefect of the Section on Fundamental Questions regarding Evangelization in the World of the Dicastery for Evangelization of the Holy See during a mass on Monday.</p><p>The Golden Rose is considered the “highest honor given personally by the Supreme Pontiff to a Marian image and shrine across the world” as it is a commissioned gift from the Pope himself.</p><p>“Since the Middle Ages, roses made of pure gold have been traditionally blessed by the Pope every Laetare Sunday or the 4th Sunday of Lent, wherein he puts incense into the censer and incenses the balsam and then the musk, and afterward puts the balsam and powdered musk into the tiny cup in the heart of the principal rose,” the Cathedral said, adding that the rose is kept until it is given by the Pope to an image or shrine.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/Golden-Rose-Pope-Francis-02-02272024.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="The Golden Rose gifted by Pope Francis to the image of Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buen Viaje in Antipolo City. Photo from The Antipolo Cathedral on Facebook."/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">The Golden Rose gifted by Pope Francis to the image of Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buen Viaje in Antipolo City. <em>Photo from The Antipolo Cathedral on Facebook.</em></span><em> </em></span></span></span></div><p>This is also the first time a Marian shrine in the Philippines and in the whole Asian continent was given this honor.</p><p>Pope Pius XII has offered the Golden Rose at the tomb of St. Francis Xavier at Se Cathedral in India, making it the first church to be given the gift in Asia.</p><p>Pope Paul VI also offered the Golden Rose at the Church of the Nativity in Betlehem.</p><p>“This makes Antipolo the third church in Asia to receive the gift and the 43rd Marian church to receive it,” the Cathedral added.</p><p>In January, the Antipolo Cathedral was officially declared an international shrine, making it the the inaugural international shrine in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/01/26/24/antipolo-cathedral-now-an-international-shrine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Antipolo Cathedral now an international shrine</a></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>The International Shrine of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo City receives the gift of the golden rose or Rosa d’Oro from Pope Francis.</p>

The International Shrine of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo City receives the gift of the golden rose or Rosa d’Oro from Pope Francis.