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It is fitting for Catholics to go to confession on All Saints Day and All Souls Day, and to pray for the dead, the head of the Apostolic Penitentiary said in a letter published Oct. 29.
Despite stinging criticism by bystanders from both extremes of the ideological spectrum, the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian Region concluded with a final document th…
What can young kids do to make a difference in the lives of those in need? “Plenty!” said ROCKERS Philippines co-founder Tina Santiago Rodriguez.
The Order of the Carmelites in the Philippines has honored five local journalists this year with the Titus Brandsma Award, a recognition named after a Dutch priest who was killed during World War I…
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 …
The Catholic hierarchy has appealed for help for the victims of a massive earthquake that struck parts of Mindanao on Thursday.
Papal nuncio Archbishop Gabriele Caccia has stressed the importance of cultural heritage conservation in his first visit to the Diocese of Dumaguete on Monday.
The University of Santo Tomas (UST) will hold its annual Inkblots journalism fellowship and conference for campus journalists on Dec. 3 to 5.
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.
Pope Francis denounced exploitation and “predatory models of development” that plunder the poor and wound “sister earth” in the Amazon Synod closing Mass Sunday.
