Filipinos accompany Cardinal Sin's body to final resting place

Published: 2005-06-28

MANILA, Philippines (CNS) -- Filipinos accompanied Cardinal Jaime Sin's body to its final resting place with honors and expressions of gratitude for the man who helped steer the nation through two presidential crises. Cardinal Sin's body was entombed in the basement of Manila's cathedral June 28 following state honors and a funeral Mass attended by an estimated 5,000 people, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. Before the Mass, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo led the ceremony honoring the late cardinal, who called people to prayer vigils in the streets in the "People Power" movement that led to the downfall of Presidents Ferdinand Marcos, in 1986, and Joseph Estrada, in 2001. Cardinal Sin, retired archbishop of Manila, died June 21 from multiple organ failure following a long bout with a kidney ailment. He became archbishop of Manila in 1974, was named a cardinal two years later and resigned as archbishop in September 2003, less than a month after turning 75.

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