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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Pope thanks Chilean bishops for steps taken to address abuse scandal
After the bishops of Chile issued a formal apology for failing to listen to clerical abuse victims and drew up national guidelines for responding to abuse allegations, Pope Francis sent them a hand…
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Prayer, sense of mission necessary for Catholic media — bishops
Prayer and a sense of mission are essential to Catholic news organizations and social communication ministry
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Did Pope Francis change an age old Church teaching?
On August 3, news media both within and outside the Church circles were abuzz with the headline that Pope Francis just “changed” the Catholic Church’s teaching on the death penalty.
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Manila archdiocese leaves Carlos Celdran’s fate to gov’t
The fate of tour guide and artist Carlos Celdran is now the hands of the government authorities, an official of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila (RCAM) said.
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Bishop Presto takes helm of San Fernando diocese
A special ceremony took place in San Fernando City on Aug. 2 to officially install the man Pope Francis selected to lead the Catholics throughout La Union province.
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Use internet to promote tourism that respects environment, Vatican says
With more and more people planning their vacations online and sharing their experiences digitally, the tourism industry and tourists themselves should pay more attention to using online forums to e…
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Bishop hopes national ID system will not be abused
A Catholic bishop urged the people to be vigilant of possible abuse of government power under the national identification system.
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CBCP officials welcome shift of church teaching on death penalty
An official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has welcomed the change made to the Church’s Catechism declaring death penalty as “inadmissible” and echoed the call to stop the r…
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Seek Jesus before material things, pope says
It is not wrong to be concerned with the daily necessities of life, but strengthening one’s relationship with Jesus is of far greater importance, Pope Francis said in his Sunday Angelus address.
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Is family planning just about limiting number of kids?
Before it came to mean something else, the term “responsible parenthood” was first notably used by Blessed Paul VI’s in Humanae Vitae half a century ago to stress that parents indeed have a God-giv…
