With the adverse effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, most people consider 2020 as one of the most challenging years of their lives. It didn’t only defer our desire to travel, to celebrate and conduct various activities but also stopped to move forward with our...
A Catholic bishop expressed hope that the planned government study on nuclear energy as an option for power generation will be done with transparency. Bishop Ruperto Santos of Balanga has no problem with the idea as long as it will be conducted properly. “We hope that the...
Church institutions and private individuals are being warned not to respond to solicitation letters using the name of a former papal envoy to the Philippines. The Apostolic Nunciature in Manila urged the public not to be taken in by an email alleging to be from Archbishop...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="28899,28898"] PASIG CITY (JULY 23, 2020) --- “It is with deep sadness that today, the country and the world has lost a peacebuilder in the person of Fr. Chito. He was an epitome of spiritual strength amid chaos. His selfless contribution to peacebuilding...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="28911,28912"] METRO MANILA, (23 July 2020) -- The Duterte administration’s steadfast commitment to honor all signed peace agreements with internal armed groups across the country has led to the transformation of around 15,000 former combatants into peaceful and productive citizens. This was highlighted by...
Pasig City (21 July 2020) – The implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) against COVID-19’s Phase II is gaining ground, as local government units ramp up their COVID-19 testing and contact-tracing capabilities, while the national government and private sector continue to forge partnerships to...
[caption id="attachment_28744" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Archbishop Socrates Villegas leads the “Healing Rosary for the World” at the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City on April 15, 2020. (CBCP News/Screenshot, Dagupan Cathedral)[/caption] Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan has declared a 21-day prayer for “national healing” amidst...
[caption id="attachment_28824" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Photo: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders[/caption] Long before the siege in 2017, Marawi, the only city in the Philippines with a Muslim majority in an otherwise overwhelmingly Catholic country, already lived in uncertain times. The political situation in the region was unstable,...
[caption id="attachment_28767" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Bishop Charlie Inzon is seated in his cathedra during his installation Mass at the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cathedral in Jolo, Sulu on July 16, 2020. (Courtesy of Br. Bobby Diana/OMI Philippines)[/caption] Bishop Charlie Inzon has been installed as the sixth...
[caption id="attachment_28790" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Basilica del Santo Niño de Cebu. (Photo from the Basilica website)[/caption] Cebu City’s most famous pilgrimage church is preparing for reopening after five of its personnel have been cleared of the coronavirus disease. In a statement issued Friday, the Augustinian-run Basilica Minore del...