MANILA, Nov. 4, 2014 — The University of Santo Tomas Theological Society’s exhibit on Mary featured her various images at the Rector’s Hall at the UST Central Seminary last Oct. 27 to 29, 2014 and aimed to increase Filipino families’ love for the Blessed Virgin...
TACLOBAN City, Nov. 17, 2014 – Is there something Filipinos can learn from the natural calamities that struck Haiti in 2010 and Banda Aceh in 20014? Two key persons in the rehabiliation efforts in both countries came to the country to share a bit of...
MANILA, Nov. 17, 2014—Between four and six million people are expected to attend the Eucharistic celebration to be presided over by Pope Francis at the Quirino Grandstand, Luneta on Jan. 18 next year. The said Mass will formally conclude the pope’s apostolic visit to the country...
QUEZON City, Nov. 9, 2014—Despite “government neglect and disorganization from day one”, an official of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) believes Yolanda survivors’ strong spirit is the real good news. “While the services rendered by non-government organizations (NGOs) are laudable, more amazing...
TACLOBAN City, Nov. 10, 2014—Catholic Relief Services (CRS) plans to build as many as 20,000 housing units for survivors of super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in the next three years. Apart from shelters, Arnaldo Arcadio, emergency program manager of CRS Philippines, told Church-run Radyo Veritas in an...
MANILA, Oct. 31, 2014 – Of the so many issues discussed during the recent Extraordinary Synod on the Family in Rome, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle said he believes poverty is the top concern the Philippines needs to address. Speaking to church, national and...
DAGUPAN City, Pangasinan, Oct. 7, 2014—Amid concerns raised by climate change and related issues affecting the environment, a high-ranking member of the Philippine clergy has reiterated the Church’s stand that “all of us as Catholic Christians are called to care for our earth”, stressing that...
MANILA, Oct. 12, 2014—A Catholic prelate sees no reason why Palo officials should remove Yolanda survivors from their present location in view of the papal visit if it will only mean glossing over their inefficiency in the rehabilitation effort, and keeping Pope Francis from seeing...
SORSOGON City, Oct. 12, 2014—A high-ranking member of the Church believes the ongoing Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Family is a big step towards shedding light on various issues affecting the lives of today’s Catholic families like marriage, contraception,...
QUEZON CITY, Metro Manila -- What has the Church got to do with the Peace Process in Mindanao? Archbishop Orlando Cardinal Quevedo, OMI, DD of Cotabato shared his personal perspectives and experiences on the Peace Process in Mindanao to the people who attended the Loyola School...