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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/06/15/popefrancis-tagle-afp-2017-061517.jpg"/><figcaption>Pope Francis speaks with Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle during the 2015 Synod of Bishops on family. Tiziani Fabi, Agence France-Presse/File</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - Filipino bishops are set to fly to the Vatican City for their &#x27;ad limina&#x27; visit to Pope Francis.In the Catholic Church, the ad limina visit- from the Latin phrase &#x27;ad limina apostolorum&#x27; or &#x27;to the thresholds of the apostles&#x27; - refers to the bishops&#x27; obligation to travel to the Vatican every five years to meet the Pope to report on the state of their respective dioceses or prelatures.Rev. Fr. Gregory Gaston, rector of the Pontificio Collegio Filippino in Rome, said the visit will take place in May and June.The bishops&#x27; trip is scheduled amid growing animosity between the Church and President Rodrigo Duterte, who has repeatedly criticized men of the cloth, Catholic doctrines and practices.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/18/19/enough-is-enough-ph-catholicism-under-attack-says-bishop">&#x27;Enough is enough&#x27;: PH Catholicism under attack, says bishop</a></li></ul>&quot;Darating sila sa May and June. Ad Limina ibig sabihin ang bishops regularly pumupunta sa Holy Father sa tomb ng mga apostles, major basilicas at nakikipag-meeting na rin sa iba’t ibang offices ng Vatican,&quot; Gaston said in an interview with Radio Veritas on Friday.(They will arrive in May and June. Ad limina means bishops regularly come to meet the Holy Father in the tomb of the apostles, major basilicas, and hold meetings with different Vatican offices.)&quot;Isang paraan ‘yan para malaman talaga ng Pope ang sitwasyon sa iba’t ibang bansa.&quot;(That&#x27;s one way for the pope to know the situation in different countries.)Filipino cardinals, bishops, and priests usually stay in the Pontificio Collegio Filippino whenever they visit Rome.The visit was intended to take place every five years, but because of the Pope&#x27;s hectic schedule, it now usually takes place between nine to 10 years.Meanwhile, Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes said even before their ad limina visit, the Catholic Bishops&#x27; Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has already submitted their report to Pope Francis.&quot;I belong to group 2 starting May 27 until June 2. It is supposed to be every 5 years, we are supposed to meet the Holy Father as head of the Apostolic College. However, the Pope is so busy and we are so many bishops now, instead of 5 years, it’s been 9 years already,&quot; Bastes said.During the previous pontificates, the visit to the Pope included a speech from the president of a country&#x27;s bishops&#x27; conference followed by a formal speech from the pontiff. The Pope will then hold a series of short conversations with each bishop individually.But under Francis&#x27; pontificate, the format changed with an open conversation with bishops who are now allowed to ask questions, to which the Pope then responds.A meeting between the bishops and various heads of Vatican dicasteries was also added to the itinerary. The Pope also presides over such meeting.

MANILA - Filipino bishops are set to fly to the Vatican City for their 'ad limina' visit to Pope Francis.

MANILA - Filipino bishops are set to fly to the Vatican City for their 'ad limina' visit to Pope Francis.