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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Profiling good and bad
THE word, “profiling,” has a bad connotation in the US that is severely torn by conflicts due to issues of race, gender, reproductive rights, politics, ideology, etc.
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Facing the Future with Hope, Joy, and Courage
OUR Church here in the Philippines is now two-thirds way through its 2018 celebration of the “Year of the Clergy and Consecrated Persons.”
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Transactional politics in the Supreme Court
THE appointment by Duterte of Teresita Leonardo – De Castro as Chief Justice of the Supreme leaves a bad taste to us non-lawyers.
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Jaro organizes confab to address fake news
As an initiative to address the spread of fake news, the Archdiocese of Jaro will hold the 2nd Archdiocesan Social Media Summit entitled #NoFilter on Sept. 29, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at Atene…
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Cardinal Sin Catholic Book Lifetime awardees are ‘gifts’ to the Church
Calling them, its “gifts to the Church,” the Asian Catholic Communicators, Inc. (ACCI), an association of Catholic book publishers in the Philippines, is set to recognize two Lifetime Achievement a…
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Time to love the Church more
NOW that the Church is buffeted by an ugly crisis of clerical sexual abuse and other related issues, we have to realize that now is also the time to love it even more.
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Laity must have role in fighting clericalism, Vatican official says
Clericalism has led to a distorted view of authority that has contributed to the problems of sexual abuse and the abuse of power and conscience affecting the Catholic Church, said the head of the V…
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PH gears up for visit of Padre Pio’s heart relic
There’s only a month to go until the incorrupt heart relic of St. Padre Pio, a Capuchin priest who bore stigmata of Jesus, touches down in the Philippines.
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Caritas demands ‘pro-farmer’ version of Coco Trust Fund Law
Caritas Philippines, the social action arm of the Catholic Church, demanded for the revision of the bicameral conference committee version of the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund.
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PH envoy hopes to strengthen ties with the Vatican
The Philippines’ new ambassador to the Holy See, who formally assumed diplomatic mission over the weekend, said she is ready to take steps to further improve ties with the Vatican.
