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Rowegie Abanto

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<div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/176093123510920250422-pope-francis-requiem-kalookan-MT05.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left">Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David leads a requiem Mass for the late Pope Francis at the San Roque Cathedral on April 22, 2025. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David on Sunday assumed his titular church in Rome, assigned to him by the late Pope Francis.</p><p>CBCP News reported Monday that David, bishop of Kalookan and president of the Catholic Bishops&#x27; Conference of the Philippines, took possession of the Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ as his titular church in Rome.</p><p>Pope Francis appointed David as <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2024/12/8/bishop-ambo-david-is-philippines-10th-cardinal-0918">a cardinal last year</a>.</p><p>Every cardinal is given a titular church to serve as its pastor symbolically and to signify his connection to the pope&#x27;s pastoral ministry, the outlet noted. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/25/cardinal-tagle-s-new-titular-church-explained-1437">Cardinal Tagle&#x27;s new titular church, explained</a></div><p>A cardinal&#x27;s bond with his titular church continues until death and even after he retires from active ministry. </p><p>He is also expected to celebrate Mass in his titular church occasionally.</p><p>David, in his homily on Sunday, asked for prayers for the Philippines as he highlighted the massive corruption in the country.</p><p>&quot;Please pray for us, that we may find peace in truth and justice, not in blood,&quot; he said, as reported by CBCP News. </p><p>&quot;When anger grows faster than justice, it can easily explode into violence,&quot; warned the cardinal, who was among Church leaders <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/21/cardinal-david-among-church-leaders-at-trillion-peso-march-1748">who attended huge anti-corruption protests</a> last September 21.</p><p>David is also a member of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, which is headed by Cardinal Victor Fernández of Argentina.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/13/bishop-ambo-a-cardinal-of-many-firsts-2204">Bishop Ambo, a cardinal of many firsts</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>THE TITULAR CHURCH</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>The Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ is a 20th-century church located at Piazza della Trasfigurazione 2 in the Monteverde Nuovo district. </p><p>It was completed in 1936 and established as a parish that same year.</p><p>St. John Paul II designated the Church of the Transfiguration as a titular church in 2001 and assigned it to Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Sáenz of Bogotá in the same consistory — the year Pope Francis was also created a cardinal, according to the CBCP News.</p><p>It added that David was only the second cardinal assigned to the Church of the Transfiguration. </p><p>He succeeded Sáenz, who died in April 2024.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ht7tzDfs1yg?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zengv9kvGA4?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>The Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ is a 20th-century church located at Piazza della Trasfigurazione 2 in the Monteverde Nuovo district.</p>

The Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ is a 20th-century church located at Piazza della Trasfigurazione 2 in the Monteverde Nuovo district.

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Cardinal Ambo David assumes titular church in Rome

Rowegie Abanto,

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Published October 20, 2025 11:43 AM PHT

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Updated October 20, 2025 11:51 AM PHT

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