Pieta in Malate

Pietà is a memorial marker located beside the Malate Church (on the left of the side entrance), inside the church compound.

It has a full body statue of a woman (representing Our Lady of Remedies) sitting on the ground with a half-naked man that is wounded lying in her arms.

This is the inscription:

Pietà - Malate - 1945

In memory of the people of Malate who were killed during the Second World War and the five Columban priests who stayed with them and died with them.

The compassionate figure of Our Lady of Healing calls the Church to heal our crucified world, to walk with the poor and the oppressed, and to be the voice of those who cry for justice.

Mary, who inspired the women of Malate, represents the women of all times; women bring life into the world and most understand the sacredness of life and the insanity of war. With them, we pledge to work for a world without war where all people will live in that peace which Christ promised.

Nuestra Señora de los Remedios
February 2, 1997