POPE Francis on Wednesday expressed his closeness to the life and ministry of the late retired Bishop Angel Hobayan of Catarman in Northern Samar, said the Catholics Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).
In a letter sent to the diocese's bishop, Emmanuel Trance, the Pope offered his closeness to the local Church, briefly recalling the late bishop's "many years of devoted priestly and episcopal ministry." Hobayan was laid to rest on Wednesday, March 22.
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