On the second Sunday in July the International Day of the Sea is observed. Recalling the celebration at the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis extended “an affectionate greeting to all those who work at sea, especially those who are far from their loved ones and their...
[caption id="attachment_28754" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Refugees are welcomed to Rome by Andrea Riccardi, founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio. (Photo: Courtney Mares/CNA)[/caption] Rome, Italy, Jul 16, 2020 / 11:10 am MT (CNA).- A Catholic community welcomed Thursday the first refugees to arrive in Rome via a humanitarian...
[caption id="attachment_28744" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Archbishop Socrates Villegas leads the “Healing Rosary for the World” at the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City on April 15, 2020. (CBCP News/Screenshot, Dagupan Cathedral)[/caption] Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan has declared a 21-day prayer for “national healing” amidst...
[caption id="attachment_28824" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Photo: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders[/caption] Long before the siege in 2017, Marawi, the only city in the Philippines with a Muslim majority in an otherwise overwhelmingly Catholic country, already lived in uncertain times. The political situation in the region was unstable,...
The Davao City Agriculturist’s Office (CAO) is rolling out a new project for subdivisions to engage in backyard vegetable production. The project “Enhanced Magtanom” which is under the city’s Urban Agri Program themed “Bakanteng Lote Atong Tamnan, Aron Kita Dili Magutman”, is now in 17 subdivisions. City...
[caption id="attachment_28767" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Bishop Charlie Inzon is seated in his cathedra during his installation Mass at the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cathedral in Jolo, Sulu on July 16, 2020. (Courtesy of Br. Bobby Diana/OMI Philippines)[/caption] Bishop Charlie Inzon has been installed as the sixth...
[caption id="attachment_28790" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Basilica del Santo Niño de Cebu. (Photo from the Basilica website)[/caption] Cebu City’s most famous pilgrimage church is preparing for reopening after five of its personnel have been cleared of the coronavirus disease. In a statement issued Friday, the Augustinian-run Basilica Minore del...
[caption id="attachment_28811" align="alignright" width="350"] Servant of God Maria Antonia Samà, who was confined to bed for 60 years (Photo: Vatican News)[/caption]Pope Francis received in audience Cardinal Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, on Friday, and authorized the promulgation of decrees...
The Davao City government will start imposing a higher penalty for violators of the Anti-Smoking Ordinance of Davao City that has been amended last year by the 19th City Council and approved by Mayor Inday Sara Duterte in January. Under the amended law, particularly on penalties,...
[gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="28828,28824"] Over two years after the Marawi siege, life seemed to be back to normal in most of the city center as schools, shops, and government offices opened once again. But 15 to 30 minutes away, you will find a transitory site here...