CEBU CITY – A church in Liloan town, northern Cebu province finally reopened nearly a month after it bore witness to a gruesome crime. San Fernando Rey Parish reopened on Sunday, Nov. 23, after the Archdiocese of Cebu completed the required rites of reparation and reconsecration. Built in 1847,...
CEBU CITY – Can the San Juan Nepomuceno Parish church in San Remigio town, Cebu province still be repaired? The parish issued a statement on Monday, Nov. 17, rectifying its previous announcement that the 161-year-old church is already unrepairable due to the severe damage it sustained during the...
ILOILO CITY — Sen. Loren Legarda and the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) recently unveiled two restored heritage sites in Antique province. Legarda joined NHCP Chairman Regalado Trota Jose Jr. in turning over the San Juan de Nepomuceno Parish Church (Anini-y Church) in...
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has elevated the Diocesan Shrine and Parish of St. Therese of the Child Jesus in Antipolo City to the status of a national shrine. The designation was approved on Saturday, July 5, during the opening day of the CBCP’s three-day plenary...
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...
The Diocesan Shrine and Parish of St. Paul of the Cross in Marikina City has been officially elevated to the status of a minor basilica, marking a historic first under the papacy of Pope Leo XIV. CBCP News, in a post on May 20, announced that the Vatican 's Dicastery for Divine Worship and the...
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...
The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) and AMA Education System (AMAES) have formalized a partnership, through the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), in a significant step towards ensuring a clean and transparent electoral process, at The Flex, AMA University. AMAES...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – A fire hit the Saint Ferdinand Parish Church in Ilagan City, Isabela, on Monday, April 22. FIREMEN battle the blaze that hit a church in Ilagan City, Isabela on April 22. (Photo via Liezle Basa-Inigo) Initial investigation said Ariel Bulauan, 46, a tricycle driver...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) conducted on Monday, June 19, a special election registration meeting for the purpose of deleting all double at multiple registrants in connection with the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). In a statement, Comelec said that the Commission...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Santuario Eucaristico-Sacred Heart Parish in Cagayan de Oro – the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament – has urged devotees and churchgoers here to join them as they revive the Corpus Christi procession in a "grandiose way" on June 10 this year. Religious leaders of the...
TURNOVER -- Wong Chu King Foundation, Inc. turned over its financial assistance to Sta. Rita De Cascia Parish held Jan. 6, 2023. Wong Chu King Foundation, Inc. (WCKFI) led by its legal consultant, Judge Oscar P. Barrientos (Ret.), and volunteers, turned over on Jan. 6, 2023 financial assistance to...
