Puerto Princesa’s City Council has approved renaming a street after a Spanish missionary priest who celebrated the first Mass in Palawan’s capital 151 years ago. The council on Tuesday renamed Taft Street, where the Immaculate Conception Cathedral is located, to St. Ezekiel Moreno Street. Moreno, an Augustinian...
Bishop Ruperto Santos will be installed as the new shepherd of the Diocese of Antipolo on July 22. As bishop, he will oversee one of the Church’s fast-growing diocese in the country, covering not just the city of Antipolo but the entire province of Rizal and...
Bishop Dennis Villarojo of Malolos has invited Catholics back to Mass, following other dioceses across the country that have lifted dispensations from Sunday obligation. In a circular, the bishop said the obligation of Catholics to attend Mass, suspended in March 2020 because of the pandemic, will...
The country’s Marian national shrines and minor basilicas are joining a global prayer movement for the Church’s entire synodal process, especially the upcoming assembly in the Vatican in October. At least 26 churches will simultaneously lead the prayer activity on May 31, the Feast of the...
Caritas Philippines has welcomed the election of Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo as the new president of Caritas Internationalis, a Vatican-based confederation of more than 160 Catholic charities around the world. Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo, president of the national Caritas, said Kikuchi’s election “reaffirms our...
The Pontifical Swiss Guard on Saturday welcomed 23 new recruits, including a full-blooded Filipino. Davao City-born Sebastian Esai Eco Eviota and 22 others joined their ranks in an elaborate swearing-in ceremony at the Courtyard of Saint Damasus in the Vatican. The men were joined by their families...
The newly erected Franciscan Province of San Antonio de Padua – Philippines has elected Fr. Renee Dean as its first minister provincial. His election came during the Province’s first General Chapter held in Cebu City on April 22. Born in Calbayog City in 1972, Dean studied Philosophy...
Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed Bishop Julius Tonel of Ipil as the new archbishop of Zamboanga. Tonel, 66, will succeed the late Archbishop Romulo de la Cruz, who died from an illness at the age of 74 on Dec. 10, 2021. Since then, the archdiocese has been...
Dozens of families in Cebu province’s Argao town now have their own homes. The social action arm of the Archdiocese of Cebu on April 10 turned over 65 core transitional shelters to beneficiaries in at least five villages. “In our times, the work of the Church through...
Bishop Crispin Varquez Borongan has raised alarm over what he described as “escalated” mining operations in the historic island of Homonhon off Guiuan town in Eastern Samar province. The bishop issued a statement Tuesday, saying they are “very much disturbed” by what is happening in the...