A Filipino missionary priest has been ordained bishop in Papua New Guinea on Aug. 29, signaling the start of his new ministry. In a ceremony held at the St. Gerard Cathedral, Bishop Joseph Durero formally assumed his post as the third shepherd of the Diocese of...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="32646,32645"] While the fast creation of COVID-19 vaccines is a remarkable feat, vaccinating the entire world has several obstacles, from production to distribution, deployment, and, most crucially, acceptability. With that, the initiation of Joint Action of City Mayor’s Office, City Health Office, and...
“[The pandemic] is an opportunity for conversion… and we have the chance to begin. So, let’s not let it slip from us, and let’s move ahead.” – Pope Francis, 2020. (The Tablet) In these trying times, where we are all challenged physically, mentally, emotionally, and even...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="32651,32650,32649"] The long-awaited moment in his life has dawned on him. Born in Bohol, then Seminarian Oliver A. Ganas studied his theology years in Saint John Marie Vianney Seminary in Cagayan de Oro City. When he finished his second year in theology, he...
As Covid-19 cases are on the rise, a Catholic archbishop urged the public to get inoculated and warned against misinformation about vaccines. Archbishop Jose Cabantan of Cagayan de Oro urged the people not to believe in hearsays and only listen to health experts. “May we not be...
When life is not exactly as we want it to be during this pandemic, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle on Tuesday said it can be helpful for people to turn themselves towards ‘acceptance’. He noted that while people want to go back to normal, acceptance of the...
The Philippine Catholic Church will hold a virtual congress on the Eucharist in “solidarity” with the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress in Hungary’s capital of Budapest next month. Fr. Miguel Garcia, executive secretary of the bishops’ Permanent Committee on International Eucharistic Congresses (PCIEC), said the local event...
KRAKÓW, Poland – When he became pope, St. John Paul II said, “There would be no Polish Pope without the Primate.” The primate he referred to was Polish Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, who will be beatified September 12. Wyszyński, the “Iron Primate” known for his resistance to communism,...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="32568,32567"] The St. Joseph Parish, Sasa, Davao City was the second to respond to the call of our Archbishop, Most Reverend Bishop Romulo G. Valles, through circular letter #30 (Aug. 7, 2021) to Parish Priests to organize this Parish-based vaccination Center and offer...
Fr. Copernicus “Nico” Perez, the Provincial Superior of the Redemptorist Province of Cebu, died on Sunday, Aug. 15, after days of battling Covid-19. According to his congregation, the priest succumbed to cardiac arrest at a hospital in Cebu City where he was admitted. He was 46. “His...