One step closer to priesthood: 70-year-old widower-lawyer ordained as Palawan’s newest deacon

MANILA, Philippines — Instead of retiring, a widowed lawyer has chosen a new calling—one that leads to the service of God and the local church in northern Palawan. On Jan. 16, Bishop Broderick Pabillo of the Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay ordained 70-year-old Bienvenido Salinas Jr. to the Sacred Order of Deacons. Born in 1955 in