Philippine Catholic bishops have placed the nation under the special patronage of St. Joseph on May 1, his feast day. Led by Archbishop Romulo Valles, president of the bishops’ conference, the national act of consecration was live-streamed from the San Pedro Cathedral in Davao City. The consecration...
Pope Francis has elevated a 16th century church in the northern Philippine province of Ilocos Sur to the rank of minor basilica. Archbishop Marlo Peralta of Nueva Segovia announced the new status of the St. Nicholas of Tolentino Parish in Sinait town during Mass on May...
Bishop Broderick Pabillo has declared a day of prayer and remembrance in the Manila archdiocese to honor those who have lost their lives to coronavirus. Manila’s clergy on May 8 will pause to mourn the thousands who have died from the Covid-19 since the pandemic began...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will allow corporations enrolled in the newly launched Online Submission Tool (OST) to submit electronically signed annual financial statements (AFS) starting March 29, when the ECQ period began in the National Capital Region, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal, until...
The Archdiocese of Manila has decreed on Thursday the abolition of the arancel or the system of charging fixed rates for sacraments. Bishop Broderick Pabillo, the archdiocese’s apostolic administrator, said the new policy takes effect on April 14, as the Church marks the 500 years of...
Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Jose Advincula of Capiz as the new archbishop of Manila. The appointment was made public in Rome at 12 noon (7:00 p.m. in Manila) on Thursday, the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord. Advincula will succeed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Prefect...
On the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle reminded parents to take their obligation seriously as role models of their children. In his homily Friday, he said that ideas about righteousness, justice and charity are grasped firmly through the example of the parents. The prefect...
Pope Francis has granted a jubilee year with the inherent plenary indulgence for the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines. The pope made the decision in a decree issued on Feb. 25 to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines. The document signed...
Pope Francis has elevated a historic church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bulacan province to the rank of minor basilica. The La Purisima Concepcion Parish Church in Sta. Maria town was granted the title by the pope in an announcement from the Diocese of...
An association of Catholic historians has rejected a new book that asserts Butuan in Mindanao was the site of the first recorded Mass in the Philippines in 1521. The Church Historians’ Association of the Philippines (CHAP) adhere to the National Historical Association of the Philippines’ position...