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to begin a ministry of healing. He established Mother Mary of the Poor
Healing Ministry with the mission and intent "to seek holiness in evangelizing and working with the poor through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary." He spent the first year of his priesthood as the associate pastor of St. Timothy's parish in North York, Ontario, however, since July 2003, in order to foster the spiritual gifts God has given him, he was assigned to begin a ministry of healing. He was regularly conducting Healing Masses, retreats and missions, with large numbers of people now in attendance.
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Catholic Church in the Philippines, prompting him to take his case directly to the Vatican for a permanent resolution. He further questioned the motives of some select bishops within the Catholic Church in the Philippines, which he viewed as consistently persecuting both
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Fernando Suarez was born in Barrio Butong in Taal, Batangas, Philippines on 7 February 1967. His father, Cervando, was a tricycle driver and his mother, Azucena, was a seamstress. He was the oldest of four siblings and attended public school. At the age of 12, he worked by renting inflatables
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his name and reputation on social media, pertaining to his healing ministry and global outreach outside of the
Philippines. He also declared that his local ordinary bishop gave him authorization to conduct his ministry of healing, formerly sanctioned by Cardinal
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is human, yet he is a man of God. He said he concelebrated mass with Pope
Francis at the Sta. Marta Chapel in Vatican in the previous year. Suarez also said that on that occasion, they exchanged skull caps, and that the Pope told him to continue his mission.
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