Quiapo Church elevated as ‘Archdiocesan Shrine of the Black Nazarene’
The St. John the Baptist Parish or Quiapo Church has been elevated to the status of an archdiocesan shrine.
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Pandemic didn’t stop new bishop’s ordination
The coronavirus pandemic did not stop his consecration to the episcopacy.
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Caritas launches typhoon appeal as funds run out
Caritas Philippines has launched funding appeals because the recent typhoon and the Covid-19 pandemic means that they face both a shortage of funds and increased demand for its services.
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Former Jesuit Superior General dies in Tokyo at 84
Arturo Sosa, said that Nicolás’ time as Superior General was marked by “his sense of humor, his courage, his humility and his close relationship with Pope Francis,” the first Jesuit pope. Because of travel restrictions just now, I cannot travel to Japan for the funeral but I assure all his many friends there of my closeness, my compassion and my condolences,” he said. At the end of the day, of each one of our days, make us feel more united with you and better able to perceive and discover around us greater joy and greater hope,” the prayer concluded.
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QC parish finds strength in BECs amid pandemic
The impact of the coronavirus outbreak in a ‘heavily affected’ Catholic parish might have been worse but for the help of small Christian communities.
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Holy See donates to WHO fund for medics on pandemic front line
He said: “The Holy See has pledged to contribute to the WHO Emergency Fund for the supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to front-line medical workers and has already made various donations to the regions in need of urgent help.” The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO). Referring to the pope’s Easter Urbi et Orbi Message, the archbishop said: “Throughout the world, some 5,000 Catholic-inspired hospitals, and more than 16,000 Church-based dispensaries, are complementing and reinforcing the efforts of governments to provide healthcare to all, by assuring that the poorest and most marginalized persons ‘do not lack basic necessities … such as medicine and especially the possibility of adequate health care.’” He continued: “The participation of the Church in this common effort was recently reinforced with the creation of the Vatican COVID-19 Commission by Pope Francis. It has already launched several projects to bring help to those populations most affected by the pandemic.” Archbishop Jurkovič praised WHO officials for holding discussions with religious leaders “in the common effort to ensure that religious gatherings are held with all the necessary sanitary measures.” Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the assembly May 18, saying that he supported an “objective and impartial” review of the pandemic, which was first detected in Dec.
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CBCP head calls for cooperation with gov’t on religious services guidelines
The head of the Catholic bishops’ leadership asked church leaders to take lead in showing “calmness” and
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‘Humble and dedicated’ bishop dies from the coronavirus
An English bishop died Monday after contracting the coronavirus.
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Pope Francis praises St. John Paul II as man of prayer and justice
St. John Paul II was a man of prayer who was close to the people and loved justice, Pope Francis said at his morning Mass Monday.
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‘His prayer life was edifying’, Filipino priest says of St. John Paul II who ordained him
A Filipino priest ordained by Pope John Paul II thinks that the modern day saint’s life and teachings are a model on how Christians should live their faith.
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‘New normal’: Bishops set guidelines for religious services
Physical distancing will be among the “new normal” when public Masses resume as the country continues to battle the coronavirus crisis.
