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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Laoag bishop leads pilgrimage to Our Lady of Badoc’s origin in Japan
Bishop Renato Mayugba of Laoag has led a pilgrimage to Nagasaki in Japan, the origin of Ilocos region’s revered image of Our Lady of Badoc.
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Bishops elated, sad over dismissal of sedition raps
“God knows everything,” said Archbishop Socrates Villegas after the dismissal of sedition charges brought against him and other church leaders.
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Pope to celebrate Pentecost in Malta
Pope Francis will celebrate Pentecost in Malta, the Mediterranean island-nation where St. Paul was shipwrecked and where thousands of migrants and refugees continue to seek welcome and shelter.
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Pope’s exhortation on Amazon synod to come out Feb. 12
Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the Amazon region will be published Feb. 12, the Vatican announced Friday.
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Pope names administrator of Manila archdiocese
Pope Francis has named a caretaker of the Archdiocese of Manila until the appointment of Cardinal Luis Antonio
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Cardinal Tagle leaves Manila for new mission in Rome
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has left Manila on Sunday night for his new mission in the Vatican, leaving the archdiocese “sede vacante”.
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DOJ clears 4 bishops of sedition charges
The Department of Justice has exonerated four Catholic bishops from a case that accused them of plotting to overthrow the Duterte administration, described by many as intimidation against governmen…
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SFC int’l conference in Jakarta cancelled amid coronavirus threat
The Couples for Christ (CFC) has canceled an annual international conference originally scheduled in
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Young people seek safe space in bittersweet media world
Recently, a lyric from my favorite 90s song, The Verve’s “Bittersweet Symphony,” kept coming to me. It goes: “I’ve never prayed but tonight I’m on my knees / I need to hear some sounds that recogni…
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Telling the world of His love
The Year of our Lord 2020 marks important anniversaries for 3 out of 4 papal visits so far to our nation
