WATCH: ‘Walang himala’? In Lipa, devotion trumps a Vatican decree

BATANGAS, Philippines – Days before Holy Week, a church circular jolted Batangas Catholics: the Vatican has finally released its 1951 decree rejecting the alleged 1948 apparition of Mary in Lipa City.

How do Batangueños feel about the circular of Lipa Archbishop Gilbert Garcera and this Vatican decree of 1951?

In this Holy Week vlog, Rappler senior multimedia reporter Paterno Esmaquel II visits Lipa City and the nearby town of San Jose to get the pulse of Batangueños – and to witness a kind of devotion that trumps even the Vatican’s final word.

Watch the video at the topmost portion of this page. – Rappler.com