Instead of material gifts, a priest and employees of the Archdiocese of Manila have gifted Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle with their blood.
The collection drive was held at the Archdiocesan Chancery in the historic Intramuros to commemorate the birthday of the cardinal, who turned 60 this week.
Fr Sanny de Claro, archdiocesan director of human resource development, told ucanews.com that the group chose to gift the cardinal with their blood because it symbolises life.
"I think the best gift is to help save or extend somebody's life, that's why we have this blood donation drive," Fr de Claro said.
