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Pope Francis sends initial aid for ’Odette’ relief
Pope Francis is sending thousands of dollars to support ongoing relief efforts for survivors of a devastating typhoon that struck the Philippines in December.
Dumaguete diocese sets day of prayer for Odette fatalities
The Diocese of Dumaguete has urged its faithful to join in the simultaneous Masses for those who died and are still missing because of typhoon Odette that hit the Visayas and Mindanao last month.
Pope Francis to confer new lay ministries for first time in St. Peter’s Basilica
The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will confer the ministries of catechist, lector, and acolyte upon lay men and women for the first time in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday.
Cardinal Parolin and Archbishop Peña Parra test positive for COVID-19
Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra have tested positive for COVID-19, the Holy See press office confirmed on Tuesday.
The self-righteous tend to be fault-finders
It usually takes advantage of our natural inclination to seek the truth, the good and the beautiful in life—in short, what is right—and corrupts that inclination because it is not properly rooted on the ultimate source of righteousness who is God himself. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” (Jn 8,12) Because it is an understanding of righteousness that is not based on God, it is lived and pursued also without charity. This, of course, will require a lot of humility among us, so we can always feel the need to refer things to God rather than considering them solely according to our criteria and standards.
Filipino community in Los Angeles celebrates 500 years of the Santo Niño de Cebú
Archbishop Gomez of Los Angeles said Mass Sunday in honor of the 500th anniversary of Christianity in the Philippines, celebrating the feast of the Santo Niño de Cebú.
Kkottongnae opens seminary in Leyte, its first outside Korea
The Kkottongnae Congregation of Brother Jesus, a Korean religious order which works with the outcasts of society, has opened its first seminary in the Philippines.
2 Holy Child Shrines declared on Santo Niño feast
According to the decree designating the basilica as a shrine, the local church “recognizes the deep devotion of the faithful of the archdiocese to the Santo Niño de Batangan.” It added that, “we believe that this ardent and deep devotion of the devotees is a remarkable way of attaining holiness.” The Santo Niño de Batangan is a dark-skinned image of the Child Jesus that was enshrined in the basilica since the Spanish era. The present image is a replica of the original one that was destroyed during a fire in the church convent in 1999 but contains within its pedestal the ashes and remaining fragments of the original icon. NIÑO DE AREVALOIn Iloilo City’s historic Villa de Arevalo district, the Most Holy Name of Jesus Parish was declared as the Archdiocesan Shrine of Santo Niño de Arevalo in a Mass led by Archbishop José Romeo Lazo of Jaro.
