President Rodrigo R. Duterte has declared a national week of prayer as the Philippines is facing the coronavirus crisis. Through Proclamation No. 934, the president said that moments of prayer will be taking place on the fourth week of March this year. The president has enjoined the...
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) is one with the world and the Filipino people as we battle the COVID-19 pandemic. OPAPP supports all measures and guidelines set by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, particularly precautionary and safety measures against COVID-19 implemented...
Circular No. 20-10 March 10, 2020 TO ALL THE BISHOPS AND THE DIOCESAN ADMINISTRATORS Your Eminences, Your Excellencies and Reverend Administrators, RE: PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY – COVID-19 "For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether...
PASIG CITY – Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito G. Galvez Jr. proposed the creation of a 'National Peace Institute' that will enable the agency to further strengthen and expand its peace constituency-building efforts with the academes, civil society organizations (CSOs), vulnerable sectors, national line agencies, and...
Saying that the introduction of the Divorce Law is an easier way for the dissolution of marriage in the Philippines, a group of lay faithful is opposing divorce in the country. The Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas, in their statement dubbed “Marriage and Family is a Gift”...
[caption id="attachment_27511" align="alignright" width="350"] Photo by Brenda P. Milan[/caption]No communion on the tongue for now. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has recommended that communion will be received through the hand to prevent the acquisition and spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCov). “The communion...
Renowned healing priest Fr. Fernando Suarez has died of heart attack three days short before his 53rd birthday. He died February 4, while playing his favorite sport, tennis. He celebrated his birthday February 7 during a tennis tournament that he organized. He was brought to the Asian...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="27498,27497"] CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (February 1, 2020) – The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) called on the youth of Mindanao to act as agents of peace and development as the nation continues to face challenges at the...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="27494,27492,27493"] MARAWI CITY (January 30, 2020) – Hundreds of residents converged at the People’s Park in this city to avail of various programs, services and livelihood assistance packages provided by the government and foreign donor agencies through the 16th “Kawiyagan”. The Kawiyagan, a Maranao...
[caption id="attachment_27419" align="alignright" width="350"] Photo courtesy Wikipedia[/caption]In the advent of natural calamities especially with the eruption of Taal Volcano, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has told the faithful that these natural calamities are God’s way of purifying His people. “We can also see these...