Estrada (CDN PHOTO/Lito Tecson)
Former president and now Manila City mayor Joseph Estrada paid his respects to the late Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal as he arrived at the wake held at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral at past 7:30 p.m Tuesday.
Former president Gloria Arroyo with Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma (CDN Photo)
Estrada, who was greeted by Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma on his arrival, called on the Catholic faithful to pray for Vidal’s soul and called him a remarkable church leader. “He was the Cardinal that gave me inspiration and told me not to give up in life,” Estrada said.
Other former and incumbent officials that visited Vidal’s wake were former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama and Danao City Mayor Ramonito Durano.