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Pedro Calungsod: A 17-year-old Filipino catechist who was killed for his faith
Calungsod bravely set out as a young missionary in Guam and converted many to Christianity.Born in the Visayan Islands of the Philippines during the 17th century, Pedro Calungsod eventually traveled to Guam, where his zeal for the Christian faith was put to good use.
He was willing to do anything to serve Christ and his Church, even if it meant giving up his life.
Initially Calungsod volunteered to help the Jesuit missionaries there and to become a catechist. It was a difficult life in Guam as the territory was not easy to navigate and the native people were not always receptive to the word of God.
One day a Chinese immigrant began spreading rumors about the missionaries.
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He claimed that the water used for baptism was poisonous. This was based on the reality that many of the infants who were baptized were in danger of death. It appeared to some of the people that every time a missionary baptized a baby