Restoration work is set to begin on the centuries-old Santa Monica Parish Church, widely known as Sarrat Church, following structural damage caused by multiple earthquakes in 2024. The historic church, a landmark of Filipino-Hispanic architecture in Ilocos Norte, will receive P40 million in...
BIÑAN CITY, Laguna – Filipinos who encountered Pope Leo XIV during his past visits to the Philippines expressed joy and pride upon learning of his election as pope. Before becoming the head of the Catholic Church, Cardinal Robert Prevost, OSA, visited the Philippines several times in his former...
Pope Leo XIV visited the Philippines twice before he became the head of the Catholic Church on Thursday, May 8. POPE Leo XIV, then Father Robert Prevost, presiding over a Mass at the San Agustin Church in Intramuros, Manila, in 2010. (CBCP News FB) The Pontiff – then Father Robert Prevost...
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,...
After the journey of Holy Week, Visita Iglesia takes on a deeper meaning. It becomes less about visiting many churches and more about remembering what stayed with you. Each church tells more than a story of faith. It speaks of the city's history, its changing face, and the ways belief has shaped...
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...
ILOILO CITY – The National Historical Commission of the Philippines has issued a cease-and-desist order to the local government unit of Dingle, Iloilo stopping the planned demolition of a church staircase as part of the redevelopment project in the municipal plaza. THE 19 th century Saint...
CEBU CITY – Four pulpit panels missing for decades were finally returned to Cebu. THE four pulpit panels were formally turned over to the Archdiocese of Cebu on Thursday, March 13. (Contributed photo) Missing since the 1980s, the sacred artifacts belonging to the Archdiocesan Shrine of...
TACLOBAN CITY – Interfaith leaders gathered in the groundbreaking ceremony of the Tacloban City Philippines Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints here on Saturday, Jan. 18. LOCAL officials and interfaith leaders attend the groundbreaking of the first temple of The Church of...
A massive crowd surrounds the revered image of Jesus Nazareno as it makes it way back to Quiapo Church from the Quirino Grandstand during the "Traslacion" on Jan. 9, 2025. (Photo by John Louie Abrina / MANILA BULLETIN) Around 7.4 million devotees participated in this year’s “Traslacion” in...
TACLOBAN CITY - A two-story temple owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) will rise here. It is the third in the Visayas and eighth in the country. The 2.82-hectare site where the temple will be built is located on the Tacloban Bypass Road in Barangays Utap and Caibaan, the...
Fr. Rufino Sescon Jr. (Quiapo Church/CBCP) Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Rufino “Jun” Sescon Jr. of the Archdiocese of Manila as the new bishop of the Diocese of Balanga, which has been vacant for over a year. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) announced the...
