As the Department of Education (DepEd) prepares to implement a three-term academic calendar for School Year (SY) 2026–2027, Catholic schools are raising concerns over potential challenges. This has prompted the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) and the CBCP Episcopal...
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has endorsed the renewal of the country’s consecration to Jesus through the Divine Mercy devotion amid ongoing national and global crises. CBCP president and Lipa Archbishop Gilbert Garcera said the initiative responds to continuing...
As the Philippines commemorates the 40th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) called on Filipinos to renew their commitment to good citizenship, citing persistent social problems that continue to challenge the nation. In...
As the nation commemorated the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution, schools suspended classes on February 25, while Catholic education leaders urged students to become active defenders of democracy. Several schools and universities suspended classes in commemoration of the historic...
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is encouraging the faithful to take a fresh approach to fasting this Lent by limiting their use of digital media. In its pastoral letter titled “Fasting Beyond Food: Inviting Christ into Digital Media Use,” the CBCP said Lent this...
The pericardium heart relic of Saint Carlo Acutis will arrive in the Philippines on Thursday, Nov. 27, beginning an 18-day pilgrimage that will bring the first-class relic to more than 30 churches in 16 dioceses across Luzon, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) announced on...
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle on Sunday, Nov. 16 urged Filipinos to show greater concern for the poor, saying there is “no excuse” for ignoring those in need. In a Mass for the 9th World Day of the Poor at the Pontificio Collegio Filippino chapel in Rome, Tagle said the annual observance calls...
Seven Filipinos who gave their lives for the Gospel, most of them victims of persecution in southern Philippines, have been identified by the Philippine Roman Catholic Church as the nation’s “new martyrs.” According to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), the list...
A Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) official has urged Filipinos to return to the true spirit of “Undas” by focusing on prayer and the call to holiness rather than on secular Halloween traditions that highlight images of “evil, devils, and lost souls.” In a circular...
Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan has officially joined the clergy of Rome after being assigned the Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ as his titular church, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) confirmed on Monday, Oct. 20. The installation...
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has urged the faithful to wear white clothes and display white ribbons as a symbol of repentance, transparency, and hope for the country amid the series of calamities battering the Philippines. In a circular issued on Saturday, Oct. 11,...
The mother of St. Carlo Acutis has encouraged Filipinos to nurture a stronger love for the Eucharist, taking inspiration from her son whose deep faith and daily devotion to the Blessed Sacrament became the center of his young life. As the country prepares to welcome the pilgrim relic of the newly...
