(UPDATE) AN 80-year-old woman died while 52 people were injured when the balcony of a Catholic church collapsed during Mass on Ash Wednesday in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.

Those injured were taken to different hospitals, Mayor Arthur Robes, who inspected the Saint Peter Parish Church in Barangay Tungkong Mangga, said.

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