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.
The St. John the Baptist Parish or Quiapo Church has been elevated to the status of an archdiocesan shrine.
Three of the seminarians kidnapped earlier this month in northwestern Nigeria have been released safely by their captors, an official at Good Shepherd Seminary announced Friday.
The Diocese of Cubao celebrated the first “Sunday of the Word of God” with a Bible Festival held on Jan. 25.
Warning of the modern tendency to judge human life on the basis of utility rather than dignity, Pope Francis Thursday urged the need to protect the lives of the smallest and most vulnerable.
The threat posed by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has prompted the Catholic Church to recommend communion in the hand as a cautious way to receive the sacred host.
The key step on the journey of dialogue is to have a “personal encounter” with others, particularly those considered “unique”, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said on Wednesday.
Pope Francis prayed Sunday for people infected by the coronavirus, which has killed 56 people in China.
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is the Philippine’s “gift” to the universal Church, the head of the Catholic hierarchy said Sunday as they bid goodbye to the outgoing Manila archbishop.
It was half an hour before I served as Lector at the 6:00pm Sunday Mass in our parish when I glanced at my celfon.
A church official has called for prayers instead of making speculations on the process of choosing a successor for Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as Manila archbishop. “Rather than speculate, the best thing to do is to pray that those consulted and those who do and process the consultations may be enlightened and guided by the Holy Spirit,” he said. “Those consulted are bound under pontifical secret not to divulge the consultation letters and their responses to protect the good name of the candidates and the respondents alike,” Pabillo said.
Sexual abuse and the abuse of authority have occurred and are occurring within religious orders of women and must be addressed with transparency and boldness, said Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, prefe…