CALASIAO, Pangasinan – Several statues and liturgical equipment were destroyed by a woman at the Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church here on Thursday afternoon. A church employee said the woman – Julie, 44 – entered and destroyed religious properties without any apparent reason with a wooden...
A Catholic church will soon rise in Dagupan City – the Shrine of the Our Mother of Perpetual Help. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new landmark of faith was held on Tuesday, Oct. 28. The church honors the devotion of the late spouses Jimmy and Remedios Fernandez. Archbishop Socrates Villegas...
Filipino De La Salle Brother Armin Luistro, FSC, has been appointed by Pope Leo XIV as one of the newest members of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the Catholic Bishops ' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) announced on Wednesday, June 25....
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a resolution sending condolences to the Vatican and expressing sympathy on the death of Pope Francis, the Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Francis The Pope, born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires,...
CEBU CITY – A Catholic Church here was burglarized and lost four microphones valued at a total of P65,000. SURVEILLANCE camera shows a man entering San Lorenzo Ruiz Parish Church in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City to steal four microphones. Security footage showed that the burglary at the San...
The Roman Catholic Church will observe on Wednesday, Feb. 22, the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter (Cathedra Petri), in honor of the teachings and authority of Saint Peter, the head of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ, as the first supreme pontiff of the Catholic faith. The Chair of St. Peter...
As the Catholic Church prepares to observe World Missionary Day in October, the Holy Father Pope Francis calls on the faithful to be missionaries and help spread the Word of God. Pope Francis (Manila Bulletin file) “Let us set out again with burning hearts, with our eyes open and our feet in...
The Roman Catholic Church will observe on Saturday, Jan. 28, the Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Santo Tomas de Aquino), one of the greatest and most influential Christian philosophers and theologians of all time. St. Thomas Aquinas (Catholic Online) Commemorative masses will be offered at the St....
The Roman Catholic Church will observe on Wednesday, Jan. 25, the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, known as the Apostle of the Gentiles, in thanksgiving to God for the miraculous conversion of the revered saint - from a life of sinfulness to holiness. St. Paul (Catholic Online) Commemorative...
The long Christmas holiday in the country liturgically ends on Monday, Jan. 9, with the Roman Catholic Church’s observance of the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, which commemorates the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River by His cousin Saint John the Baptist, at a time when all those...
The Roman Catholic Church marks the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God and World Day of Peace on the first day of every year. Mary Mother of God (Manila Bulletin file photo) The Holy Father Pope Francis traditionally celebrates a Holy Mass commemorating the two significant religious events at 10 a.m....
The Roman Catholic Church will honor on Wednesday, Dec. 28, the first martyrs of the Catholic faith - the Holy Innocents (Santos Inocentes) - the children of the neighborhood of Bethlehem who was massacred upon the order of King Herod of Judea in his desperate attempt to eliminate the Infant Jesus,...
