The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) has asked voters to bring a "kodigo" or list of their preferred candidates on Election Day. PPCRV Henrietta de Villa, PPCRV chairman emeritus, said this having a list will help speed up the voting process. "Before you go to the voting...
The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) said voters should help end vote buying which it described as a very great evil. PPCRV "I hope those who love the country...will not sell their vote. Don't accept (money)," Henrietta de Villa, PPCRV chairman emeritus, said during the Laging...
The Manila Cathedral in Intramuros started its prayer campaign on Tuesday, Feb. 8, for a peaceful, credible, and transparent May 2022 polls. Manila Cathedral FB "As the candidates for the 2022 elections kickoff today their campaigns, we also begin our prayer campaign for a peaceful, credible, and...
The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) has been accredited as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) citizens arm in the May 2022 polls. PPCRV Angel Antonio, PPCRV Media Director, said they received the news about their accreditation last year. Durng the 2019 polls, the group was...
Amid the rising cases of coronavirus in the National Capital Region (NCR), a number of parishes under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Manila have been temporarily closed. Archdiocese of Manila (Facebook) Some priests and employees of the parishes have also been reported to have tested...
Another church in Manila has temporarily closed. Photo from Sta. Maria Goretti Parish FB The Sta. Maria Goretti Parish Church in Paco, Manila on Monday, Jan. 3 announced that it will temporarily be closed to the public as two of its staff tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). "The...
The Immaculate Conception Parish in Malabon has been elevated into a diocesan shrine. (Immaculate Conception Parish Malabon Facebook page) Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines president Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David led the holy mass and Church rites. The formal rites were held...
The La Purísima Concepción Parish in Sta. Maria Bulacan has formally been declared a minor basilica in solemn rites held recently. La Purisima Concepcion (Facebook) Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles Brown led the ceremonies together with Manila Archdiocese Archbishop Cardinal Jose Advincula,...
The Santo Niño Parish Church in Tacloban City is set to be elevated to an archdiocesan shrine this November. Sto-Niño De Tacloban Parish (Facebook image) In a Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines News post, the parish said Archbishop John Du has approved the petition to raise the...
The Santo Niño Parish Church in Tacloban City will be elevated to an archdiocesan shrine next month. Photo from Sto. Niño de Tacloban FB Palo Archbishop John Du approved the petition to raise the parish to an archdiocesan shrine status. “The bishop has already given his positive response and we...
Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula on Wednesday, Sept. 15, paid tribute to medical and service frontliners in the country. Cardinal Jose Advincula (Ali Vicoy/MB) In a mass held at the San Felipe Neri Parish in Mandaluyong City, the prelate thanked the frontliners for their service during...
A voter applicant fills up a registration form at the Commission of Elections (Comelec) (PNA photo) The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) urged the public anew to register as voters to be able to participate in the 2022 national and local elections. PPCRV Vice Chairman Bro....