14/07/2022
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Today we feature the Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord's Transfiguration, also known as Palo Metropolitan Cathedral or simply Palo Cathedral, a Roman Catholic church in Palo, Leyte, Philippines, that is part of the Vicariate of Palo under the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palo.
The Palo Cathedral is not only a religious landmark, but it is also an important historical structure. From October 1944 to March 1945, the church served as a hospital for the wounded during WWII.
The church was among those heavily damaged in November 2013, but it still became a refuge for several survivors. The church grounds were also the final resting place for those who died as a result of the typhoon.
Guiseppe Pinto, Pope Francis' Apostolic Nuncio to the country, led the mass at the roofless cathedral on Christmas 2013. Following the church's repairs and rehabilitations, Pope Francis himself visited the Cathedral on January 17, 2015, and blessed the victims' graves.