A Church official has echoed calls for the government to lift the deployment ban and allow Filipino health workers to work abroad. Bishop Ruperto Santos of Balanga, vice chairman of the episcopal conference’s migration ministry, said that the overseas work restrictions is “unreasonable and uncharitable”. “To ban...
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, according to a statement from the Holy See Press Office released on Friday evening, has arrived in Minsk “to show the attention and closeness of the Holy Father to the Catholic Church and the whole country”. Belarus has seen weeks of tension...
The Holy See Press Office on Friday confirmed that Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has tested positive with Covid-19 after a swab test. "Cardinal Tagle actually tested positive for Covid-19 with a pharyngeal swab carried out yesterday on his arrival in Manila,” said a brief statement by...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="29335,29336,29334"] This year, the global reach of the novel coronavirus revealed our shared human nature and the inter-connectivity of our economies, political structures, health care systems, food production chains, energy and transportation systems in devastating ways. The pandemic also demonstrated that the entire...
A Catholic bishop appealed for more “missionaries of creation” who will continue to advocate for environment protection. Bishop Daniel Presto of San Fernando de La Union said the country needs more voices “to care for the earth” and towards a better future. “[We need] voices that will...
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has embarked on a new advocacy that promotes “holistic approach” to the Church’s responses on the coronavirus pandemic. Dubbed as “Yakapin ang Bagong Bukas (Embrace the New Tomorrow)”, the campaign was launched online at various church-based Facebook pages on...
A number of Christian and Muslim volunteers banded together in cleaning up the shoreline of a coastal village in the city on Thursday. The activity in Brgy. Bancao-Bancao was led by the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa (AVPP) as the local Church marks the “Season of...
Bishop Enrique Macaraeg of Tarlac has approved the episcopal coronation of Nuestra Señora de la Merced enshrined at a diocesan shrine in the city. Dela Merced Shrine Rector Fr. Jesus Gragasin made the announcement during Mass on Sunday. “In honor of our beloved patroness, Nuestra Señora de...
Archbishop Paul Coakley, Chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development of the US Bishops’ Conference, is encouraging solidarity, respect for the dignity of workers, and charity in the annual Labor Day statement, centered on rebuilding a dignified post-pandemic world. “This Labor Day is...
August 25, 2020--Gipangulohan ni Bishop Guillermo Afable, DD ang special Diocesan Pastoral Meeting kauban ang mga pari ug madre nga in-charge sa matag ministriya sa Diocese. Nahisgotan sa maong panagtigum ang mga mosunod: Ecological Crisis, Year of the Word of God ug year of the Laudatu...