Pope Francis has appointed San Fernando Archbishop Florentino G. Lavarias as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Balanga. Archbishop Florentino Lavarias (Facebook) The Vatican announced Archbishop Lavarias’ appointment on Saturday, July 22. Bishop Ruperto C. Santos, the former bishop of...
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said that the National Retreat for Priests (NRP) to be held in Cebu in November aims to provide a deeply enriching and spiritually rejuvenating experience for all priests. Archbishop Jose Palma of Cebu (Photo from CBCP news) In partnership...
The Manila Cathedral will open a new exhibition commemorating the papal visits to the Philippines on Thursday, June 29. (Photo from The Manila Cathedral) According to the Manila Cathedral’s Facebook post, the exhibit titled "The Popes in the Philippines" will highlight the memorabilia from the...
Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula urged priests and churches to avoid rivalries in order to promote unity rather than division and advance the Church and its values. Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula (Photo from Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila) “Our people are all the more...
CEBU CITY – Serve the people sincerely. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma made this call to all candidates who will run in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October. The prelate also called on the public to come out and exercise their right to suffrage. Palma said voters should be...
Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles John Brown has requested the Filipino faithful to keep on praying for the health and continuous recovery of Pope Francis. Pope Francis (Manila Bulletin file photo) The 86-year-old Church leader was discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Friday, June 16, nine...
ILOILO CITY – Archbishop Victor Bendico presided over his first Sunday Mass as the newly installed head of the Archdiocese of Capiz. BENDICO (Pamati-Archdiocese of Capiz) In his homily delivered mostly in the Hiligaynon dialect, Bendico urged the faithful to choose the narrow road like Jesus...
New Capiz Archbishop Victor Bendico celebrated his first holy mass recently in his new post as the head of the Archdiocese of Capiz at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral. A Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines News post said, the celebration was a homecoming for the former Baguio...
Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula has called on the Filipino faithful to learn to “feel, share, and offer” their pain just like what Jesus Christ did. In his homily, Advincula said that “let us learn from our Lord Jesus who is our exemplar for experiencing and sanctifying our passion...
Christendom will mark Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion on April 2, the first day of the Holy Week. Churchgoers will wave their palm fronds as the priest makes his way into the altar reminiscent of Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem astride a donkey on Palm Sunday. As the...
Papal Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Charles John Brown asked the faithful to pray for the fast recovery of Pope Francis, who is hospitalized due to respiratory infection. In a video message, Brown encouraged the faithful “to pray in a special way during this Holy Week” for the pontiff’s...
Pope Francis has named Archdiocese of Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma as a member of the Vatican’s recently established Dicastery for Culture and Education. Archbishop Jose Palma of Cebu (CBCP News) Archbishop Palma, 72, is the newest member of the Vatican office, formed as the result of a merger...
