ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church by raising the seeming contradiction over what it really means to be “pro-life.” Leo, a Chicago native, was asked late Tuesday about plans by Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich to...
Former Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson met Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday in Rome, Italy, a meeting he described as a spiritually moving experience. The encounter with the pontiff, the first American to hold the office, marked a significant moment in Singson 's personal faith journey....
I will never forget the moment on May 8, 2025, when the whole world was watching the Conclave and we saw the white smoke signaling that a new Pope had been elected. Then, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost stepped out and announced he would be taking the name Pope Leo XIV, honoring Pope Leo XIII who...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Monday praised the willingness to forgive after the mother of slain American journalist James Foley told a Vatican vigil about her process of healing following meetings with an Islamic State group fighter convicted in his beheading. Diane Foley was one of the featured...
ROME — Pope Leo XIV marveled at the “huge learning curve” he has taken on as pontiff and likened some aspects of the job to jumping “in on the deep end of the pool very quickly," in excerpts of an interview released Sunday on his 70th birthday. The pope also lamented widening income gaps...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has directed Labor Attaché Macy Monique Maglanque to return to the Philippines and face the Senate’s investigation on flood control anomalies after being named in a Senate privilege speech by Blue Ribbon Committee Chair Senator Panfilo Lacson. Maglanque,...
DAVAO CITY – Mindanao Development Authority Chairman Secretary Leo Tereso Magno decried on Monday, Sept. 8, the “minimal share” that Mindanao receives from the national budget. Some lawmakers last year urged Congress to provide the agency with a bigger budget during deliberations on the 2025...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called for an end to the “pandemic of arms, large and small,” as he prayed publicly for the victims of a shooting during a Catholic school Mass in the United States. History’s first U.S. pope spoke in English as he denounced the attack and the “logic...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV asked people to fast Friday to pray for peace and justice in the Middle East and Ukraine, issuing a special appeal as he returned to the Vatican from summer vacation. At the end of his weekly general audience Wednesday, Leo recalled that Friday is a special feast...
Outgoing Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary for Migration Affairs Eduardo Jose de Vega is the Philippines’ new ambassador to France, while former Philippine Ambassador to Denmark Leo Herrera-Lim has been named as his successor. He revealed this in a farewell message to the media...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is planning to set up a migrant workers office (MWO) in Nigeria to ramp up efforts in documenting overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) in West Africa. The planned MWO will be established in the capital city of Abuja, located in the central part of Nigeria. The...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday told more than a million Catholic youths at a closing Mass for a weeklong encounter with the next generation of faithful that they are "the sign that a different world is possible" where conflicts can be resolved with dialogue, not weapons. In his closing...
