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The Diocese of Malolos has ordered all parish priests under its jurisdiction to examine their respective church buildings after the mezzanine of the St. Peter Apostle Parish Church in San Jose del Monte City in Bulacan province collapsed in the middle of the Ash Wednesday rite on Wednesday, February 14, 2024.

MANILA, Feb 14 — A Catholic church balcony collapsed, killing an elderly woman and injuring 53 during a packed mass in the Philippines on Ash Wednesday, when millions of...

MANILA: Fifty-four people were injured when a packed Catholic church balcony collapsed during an Ash Wednesday service in the Philippines on Wednesday (Feb 14)), city disaster officials said.

Around 400 people were inside St. Peter the Apostle Parish Church in the City of San Jose del Monte in observance of Ash Wednesday when tragedy struck

The church’s 30-year-old wooden gallery had been weakened by termites. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A Catholic church balcony collapsed, killing an elderly woman and injuring 53 during a packed mass in the Philippines on Ash Wednesday, when millions of Filipinos flock to services, local disaster officials said.

 MANILA, Feb 14, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Fifty-four people were injured when a packed Catholic church balcony collapsed during an Ash

Fifty-four people were injured when a packed Catholic church balcony collapsed during an Ash Wednesday service in the Philippines on Wednesday, city disaster officials said.

During a crowded mass on Ash Wednesday, when millions of people attend services, a Catholic church balcony fell in the Philippines, killing an elderly woman and wounding 53 others, according to local disaster officials. One of the busiest dates on the Church calendar, the day marks the beginning of Lent in Asia's Catholic outpost. An 80-year-old woman expired from her chest injuries at a local hospital, Gina Ayson, civil defence chief of San Jose del Monte near Manila told AFP.

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