Pope Francis appears on the central lodge of St. Peter's Basilica during Easter on April 20, 2025 Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David on Monday, April 21 called on churches to ring their bells and gather the faithful in prayer following...
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas (Screenshot/CBCP News/Father Soc Youtube Channel) Following former president Rodrigo Duterte's arrest, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas urged Filipinos to exercise restraint, avoid division, and prioritize truth and critical thinking amid...
Do not forget. Celebrate. Be proud. The EDSA People Power Monument in Quezon City. (SANTI SAN JUAN / MANILA BULLETIN) On the 39th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution on Tuesday, Feb. 25, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas urged students to uphold truth, fight injustice, and...
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas is inviting the Catholic faithful to join the rosary fluvial procession for peace in the country particularly in the West Philippine Sea on July 16, Tuesday, to coincide with the Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Archbishop Socrates Villegas (Photo...
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas urged Filipinos to learn from the "daily dyings" of the late Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., saying the best lessons in life come from when people are experiencing darkness, and not while they are in the limelight. The late Senator Benigno 'Ninoy'...
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas has appealed for a Lenten season of “reparation rosary for truth, integrity, and wisdom” starting Ash Wednesday, March 2 until Holy Wednesday, April 13. Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan (CBCP / MANILA BULLETIN) In a pastoral...
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas has denounced vote buying even calling it a "mark of the devil." Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan (CBCP / MANILA BULLETIN) "Vote buying is a mark of the devil. It puts a price on the person of the voter. It is even worse when the vote...
As the issue on vote buying continues to linger among political circles, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas seemed to echo a statement made by a presidential candidate in a recent video message he posted on social media. Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas (CBCP / MANILA...
The Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan on Thursday, August 26, announced a new award in honor of the late Oscar Cruz, its former archbishop. Archbishop Oscar Cruz (Photo courtesy CBCP News) Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said the annual “Gawad Asin tan Silew Oscar V. Cruz Award”...
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said the Santuario de San Juan Evangelista in Dagupan City is the only approved venue for the celebration of the Mass using the Roman Missal of 1962, also referred to as Mass in the Extraordinary Form. Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan...
