Consistory announced to approve Fatima children’s canonization
Pope Francis will hold an ordinary public consistory on April 20, where the cardinals of the Church are expected to pave the way for the canonization of the Fatima visionaries.
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Despite deadly attacks, Pope Francis will still go to Egypt
The Vatican confirmed Monday that Pope Francis’ trip to Egypt at the end of the month will go on as planned, despite terrorist attacks which killed more than 43 people during Palm Sunday cele…
‘Slow down and let go’ this Holy Week, faithful urged
Wanna make your Holy Week holy? First of all, it’s time to ‘slow down’, says a Catholic priest.
Don’t be afraid or ashamed to go to confession, Catholics told
A Catholic priest encouraged the faithful not to be afraid or embarrassed to go to confession and be more open to its “healing power”.
The Eucharist: Christ’s empowering and transforming gift
Holy Thursday, Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Year A (Jn 13:1-15) April 13, 2017
The repackaging of Semana Santa
The chanting of the Passion of the Lord also took considerable time–especially on Good Friday when three priests (unless there were three deacons) would chant the lengthy narrative according to John — and because not every priest can carry a tune with dignity, many congregations had to bear with the warbling of some priests who would chant their lines two or three flats away from the assigned key! There was of course much to watch because the rites of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil are replete with symbolism, and popular devotion has added even more elements catering to the sentimental side of Filipino religiosity: taking the dead Jesus down from the Cross, and the Santo Entierro…the statue of the interred Jesus in a glass casket, and then the Salubong, the apocryphal but theologically defensible dramatization of the encounter between the Risen Jesus and his Mother! When the devout give a whole morning to adorning the Altar of Repose that is used on Maundy Thursday, when those who play the role of apostles are moved to loathing for their sins as they take part in the ritual of the washing of the feet, when someone kneels in genuine remembrance of the death of the Lord, as the words are uttered: “And he gave up his spirit”, Semana Santa is alive and thriving.
Kidapawan bishop to new priests: ‘Walk with your people’
Priests should live a life close to their people – just like Jesus did.
‘No one can hide from God,’ bishop warns amid drug killings
In a stark warning, a Catholic bishop said those perpetrating…
Palm Sunday, a reminder of ‘connection’ to Christ
On Palm Sunday, Palo Archbishop John Forrosuelo Du called on the
Pope prays for victims of attack on Coptic church in Egypt
After a bomb blast killed over 20 people and wounded several others during Palm Sunday celebrations in Egypt, Pope Francis voiced his closeness to the Coptic nation, and prayed for those who perpet…
