A Catholic bishop has cautioned against envy and jealousy, saying that they lead to ‘division’ in the Church’s mission. Speaking on Saturday’s opening Mass for this year’s National Laity Week, Cebu Auxiliary Bishop Midyphil Billones stressed that said attitudes can “derail” the “unity of our gift...
May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you. - Psalm 33:22 On the day we joyously celebrated the Feast of the Nativity of Mary, our brothers and sisters in the Philippines, particularly in Visayas and Southern Luzon, had faced...
A Catholic archbishop in northern Philippines urged his priests not to let the difficulties brought by the pandemic stop them from reaching out to their flock. Archbishop Marlo Peralta of Nueva Segovia said the restrictions to contain the surging Covid-19 cases must lead the priests in...
Papal nuncio Archbishop Charles Brown encouraged young Filipinos to form the habit of prayer to learn to accept God’s will. Speaking to a group of young people from the Diocese of Virac on Aug. 28, he said that prayer is important because it is essential to...
The media arm of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines is launching a mobile application to help the faithful live their faith more actively, especially during this pandemic. The Faith Watch App inspires Catholics to attend Mass, read the Gospel, engage in church news, and...
A Filipino missionary priest has been ordained bishop in Papua New Guinea on Aug. 29, signaling the start of his new ministry. In a ceremony held at the St. Gerard Cathedral, Bishop Joseph Durero formally assumed his post as the third shepherd of the Diocese of...
As Covid-19 cases are on the rise, a Catholic archbishop urged the public to get inoculated and warned against misinformation about vaccines. Archbishop Jose Cabantan of Cagayan de Oro urged the people not to believe in hearsays and only listen to health experts. “May we not be...
When life is not exactly as we want it to be during this pandemic, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle on Tuesday said it can be helpful for people to turn themselves towards ‘acceptance’. He noted that while people want to go back to normal, acceptance of the...
The Philippine Catholic Church will hold a virtual congress on the Eucharist in “solidarity” with the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress in Hungary’s capital of Budapest next month. Fr. Miguel Garcia, executive secretary of the bishops’ Permanent Committee on International Eucharistic Congresses (PCIEC), said the local event...
Fr. Copernicus “Nico” Perez, the Provincial Superior of the Redemptorist Province of Cebu, died on Sunday, Aug. 15, after days of battling Covid-19. According to his congregation, the priest succumbed to cardiac arrest at a hospital in Cebu City where he was admitted. He was 46. “His...