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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Cardinal denies allegations of financial mismanagement
Nearly a month after private documents about a property deal involving the Vatican leaked to the press, a Vatican official rejected accusations that he “played and tampered with the money of …
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CBCP issues appeal for earthquake victims
The Catholic hierarchy has appealed for help for the victims of a massive earthquake that struck parts of Mindanao on Thursday.
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Nuncio urges Dumaguete diocese to preserve religious heritage
Papal nuncio Archbishop Gabriele Caccia has stressed the importance of cultural heritage conservation in his first visit to the Diocese of Dumaguete on Monday.
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UST to hold 21st Inkblots journalism fellowship
The University of Santo Tomas (UST) will hold its annual Inkblots journalism fellowship and conference for campus journalists on Dec. 3 to 5.
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Iloilo parish brings back ‘holy’ in Halloween
27, was highlighted with a procession around the church block and ended with a Mass and the coronation of Mary as “Queen of the Most Holy Rosary and Queen of all Saints”. “This is one way of evangelizing children into the proper way of celebrating Halloween, by bringing them closer to God through the saints they dress up like,” said Holy Name of Jesus parish priest Fr. At the time, the priest observed that more and more commercial establishments set up scary Halloween decorations and lamented that the modern celebration of Halloween had degenerated into an overly-commercialized event.
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Pope Francis decries ‘predatory models of development’ in Amazon synod closing Mass
Pope Francis denounced exploitation and “predatory models of development” that plunder the poor and wound “sister earth” in the Amazon Synod closing Mass Sunday.
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Pope apologizes that statues were vandalized, says they were recovered
Pope Francis apologized that two men entered a church near the Vatican, took
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23 Pinoy pilgrims, including CBCP official, hurt in Egypt bus accident
The Philippine government said a group of Filipino pilgrims, including an official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, have been injured in a bus crash in Egypt.
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Vatican releases book compiling pope’s theology of ecology
The global ecological crisis is just one of the effects of a distorted and diseased view people have of the world, themselves and each other, Pope Francis said in a new book.
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Bishop to public: Focus on pressing issues, not showbiz ‘chismis’
A Catholic bishop encouraged the public to stop gossiping and feasting on showbiz issues and to instead focus more relevant concerns.
