In the year 1922, the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title, Help of Christians was brought in the Philippine shores by the appointed Papal Delegate to the Philippines by Pope Benedict XV who is no other than Msgr. William Piani who happened to be a Salesian also. The said image was first enthroned at the Cathedral of Manila and after some time of convincing the Bishops Conference with the effort of Msgr. Piani, Our Lady was declared to be as the Secondary Patroness of the Philippines, but on the year 1942, the Second World War have started making the Japanese occupied the country which makes the image unsafe due to distractions happening around, so they have decided that the image be kept at Our Lady of Loreto Parish Church at Sampaloc, Manila for safekeeping where it would rest for many years. 
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