CBCP plans to invite Pope Francis for 2021 Jubilee
The Catholic hierarchy plans to invite Pope Francis to visit the Philippines for the fifth centenary of the arrival of the Christianity in the archipelago, a church official said Tuesday.
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On the trail of the Magi
The story of the Magi has always been one of my favorite Gospel passages. The journey of wise men from far-off lands to adore the Christ Child has fired up my imagination since I was young
Duterte’s war against the Church
“KILL your bishops, they are useless fools. All they do is criticize.”
Make Christ our light in 2019
A Very Happy and Healthy New Year! I believe that a healthy person is happy and is at peace with the Lord. The year 2018 may have brought us sorrows and frustrations, but let them be drowned by the…
This thing called being new
Each year it is the same greeting: “Happy New Year!” But wait. Is life not an invisible circle, time’s inescapably spiraling web or a veritably repetitious cycle that brings us where we first took …
Let’s beam with hope
Let’s try our best to be men and women of hope, of real, great and abiding hope, which means that we have a clear vision of our ultimate goal in life and are confident that with God’s grace and our…
Launching the Year of the Youth
The Philippine Church is now on the seventh year of its nine-year journey towards 2021, the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines.
Good politics: A way to peace
Every year, for 52 years now, the Holy Father gives a reflection on peace on New Year’s Day as his message for the celebration of the World Day for Peace. This year the message of Pope Francis is e…
Order may censure for disobedience nun who protested rape-accused bishop
The superior general of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation issued last week a letter of warning to Sister Lucy Kalapura, who has been accused of several acts of disobedience, including a protest o…
Small, well-funded LGBT group to challenge Catholic teaching at World Youth Day
A U.S.-based coalition of dissenting Catholics, whose backers include wealthy non-Catholic funders, is sending a small group of LGBT activists to World Youth Day in Panama to engage with media and …
