Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. (I Peter 5:8) Divorce One senator of the Republic was recently quoted as saying that the fact that the Philippines is the only country without a divorce...
EARLY morning Sunday, the Bangcailans, a family of five, rushed to reach the Freedom Park in Davao City to join for the first time this year’s Happy Walk. They did it for Shawnn Noel, their two-year-old son with Down Syndrome. A yearly event to highlight the...
PhilHealth members now have the convenience to access their membership and contribution records through an online member inquiry facility made readily available in the agency’s website. With the build-up of global network linkages where millions now have access to the internet, many private and public agencies,...
MANILA, March 9, 2015— Pope Francis has confirmed the appointment of Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle as the President of the Catholic Biblical Federation (CBF). [caption id="attachment_6222" align="alignleft" width="300"] Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle[/caption]The Pope made the official announcement at the Vatican on March...
CBCP statement on the ongoing Mamasapano investigation Congress has commenced its inquiry into that sad episode of our recent history — the slaughter of 44 gallant men of the Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police. We note that the two chambers of the Legislature...
What is “Piso para sa Misa nga Mundo”? It is a fund raising campaign to help defray the various expenses for holding the 51st International Eucharistic Congress in Cebu on January 24-31, 2016. Why give a peso? A peso is considered as a small amount which would make...
MANILA, Jan. 30, 2015---The head pastor of the the Episcopal See that has jurisdiction over Mamasapano, Maguindanao has called on Philippine state officials to look deeper into the most recent “massacre” that took place yet again in his Archdiocese, and killed 44 members of the...
Pastoral Statement of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines on the Draft Bangsamoro Basic Law To All People of Good Will: Peace be with you! With this greeting of peace we as religious leaders share with you our thoughts on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). Our...
DAGUPAN City, Pangasinan, Jan. 26, 2015—More than the absence of conflict, for the head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), peace goes hand in hand with justice, stressing it is not the fruit of a mere handshake or an embrace. In a pastoral...
MANILA, Jan. 20, 2015 — The call of Pope Francis to listen to the cries of the poor and the vulnerable should serve as a constant reminder for everyone to put faith into action, said NASSA/Caritas Philippines national director Archbishop Rolando J. Tria Tirona, O.C.D. “We...