The coronavirus crisis should not hinder efforts to protect our ‘common home’, church officials said. Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo of Caritas Philippines said that the pandemic is devastating, but failing to tackle climate change and other environmental concerns only compounds the tragedy. “There are still many challenges...
A Catholic bishop condemned the desecration of some chapels in the southern Philippine island of Basilan but said it should not derail peace-building efforts in the area. Bishop Leo Dalmao of Isabela prelature said the recent attacks will in no way distract their works to promote...
A group of Catholic schools is pushing for voter’s education, especially among senior high school students who are qualified to vote, and allow their voices to be heard. The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines – National Capital Region urged its member schools to teach their...
This year's theme of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, Gifted to Give is the overarching theme of all other celebrations until 2022. The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines has issued a pastoral statement to adopt a gradual abolition of the arancel or the fixed...
With our celebration of Ash Wednesday we begin the holy season of Lent. Every year we have this sacred time to prepare our hearts and minds to enter worthily into the annual liturgical recalling of the Paschal Mystery of Jesus our Savior. This is the...
Churches in the country’s capital region will now be allowed to open up to 50 percent of their capacity for worshippers, Malacañang said Friday. The government’s Covid-19 task force has eased the current limit of 30 percent of capacity for churches in areas under the general...
Philippine Catholic bishops will consecrate the nation to the patronage of St. Joseph on May 1, his feast day, a church official said. Bishop Broderick Pabillo said the episcopal conference approved the national consecration and assigned the bishops’ Commission on the Laity, which he chairs, to...
Ordaining three men to the priesthood, a Catholic archbishop told them that their mission is not to be in the “limelight” but to be the “spotlight” on God. Priests are called nourish the faithful, Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan said, so they must shine the spotlight...
Slain Father Rene Regalado was buried in a southern Philippine city last week amid calls for justice over his “brutal” death. Fr. Regalado was laid to rest at a cemetery in Valencia City on Friday following a funeral Mass at the San Jose Parish Church officiated...
The Catholic Church in the Philippines has reaffirmed its commitment to abolish the “arancel” system even amidst the crisis spurred by the Covid-19 pandemic. In a “pastoral statement on stewardship”, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) stressed that the arancel has become prejudicial against...