1. Fernando Suarez was a Filipino Catholic priest who performed faith healing in the Philippines and abroad.
19 Facts About Fernando Suarez
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Fernando Suarez grew up in the Philippines and spent much of his life working in the Philippines.
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Fernando Suarez was born in Barrio Butong in Taal, Batangas, Philippines on 7 February 1967.
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Fernando Suarez's father, Cervando, was a tricycle driver and his mother, Azucena, was a seamstress.
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Fernando Suarez was the oldest of four siblings and attended public school.
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Fernando Suarez attended Adamson University and earned a Chemical Engineering degree.
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Fernando Suarez prayed over a paralyzed 60-year-old beggar woman who he found outside Quiapo Church; according to Suarez, the woman was able to walk again after his prayers.
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Fernando Suarez left the Companions of the Cross in 2011.
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In Canada, when Fernando Suarez was still a seminarian, a Canadian woman declared dead eight hours earlier opened her eyes after he prayed over her.
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Fernando Suarez was regularly conducting Healing Masses, retreats and missions, with large numbers of people now in attendance.
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Also in 2008 Fernando Suarez was banned by Archbishop Oscar Cruz and Bishop Jose Oliveros from their diocese citing the Catholic Church's Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, which requires a local bishop's permission for church-related activities conducted by those who do not belong to the diocese.
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Fernando Suarez announced his return to and resumption of his healing in the Philippines in May 2008.
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Fernando Suarez left the Companions of the Cross in 2011.
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In 2015, he appeared on The Bottomline with Boy Abunda and shared his encounter with Pope Francis and Fernando Suarez said that Pope Francis is human, yet he is a man of God.
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Fernando Suarez said he concelebrated mass with Pope Francis at the Sta.
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Fernando Suarez said that on that occasion, they exchanged skull caps, and that the Pope told him to continue his mission.
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Fernando Suarez further questioned the motives of some select bishops within the Catholic Church in the Philippines, which he viewed as consistently persecuting both his name and reputation on social media, pertaining to his healing ministry and global outreach outside of the Philippines.
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Fernando Suarez declared that his local ordinary bishop gave him authorization to conduct his ministry of healing, formerly sanctioned by Cardinal Ricardo Vidal.
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Fernando Suarez died aged 52 of a heart attack on 4 February 2020 while playing tennis at the Ayala Alabang Clubhouse.