Manila, Jan. 5 -- Manila Archbishop Cardinal Jose Advincula will miss the Feast of the Jesus Nazareno on Jan. 9 as he is scheduled to attend the first Consistory of Cardinals called by Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican.

"He will miss us on January 9 but he said he will be monitoring our celebration," Quiapo Church Rector Fr. Ramon Jade Licuanan said in his message during the fifth day of the Novena Masses on Sunday.

"He is boarding the plane as he is included in the meeting that Pope Leo XIV has called for the Cardinals," the Quiapo official added.

Traditionally, the head of the Archdiocese of Manila leads the midnight Mass or Misa Mayor at the Quirino Grandstand on the day of the Feast of the Jesus Nazareno.

For this year, the Quiapo Churc...