VATICAN CITY, Holy See – Former pope Benedict XVI is "lucid and alert" and his condition remains serious but stable, the Vatican said Thursday, the day after revealing the 95-year-old's health had deteriorated. Benedict, who in 2013 became the first pope since the Middle Ages to resign as...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Thousands of people are set to gather Sunday in St Peter's Square to hear Pope Francis deliver his Christmas Day message, where he is expected to offer prayers for war-torn Ukraine. The head of the Catholic Church will address the faithful from the central balcony of St...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Pope Francis revealed for the first time in an interview Sunday that he had signed a resignation letter nearly a decade ago should poor health prevent him from carrying out his duties. Pope Francis (AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN/ FILE) Francis -- who turned 86 on Saturday -- has...
Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco had the very rare special opportunity of speaking with the His Holiness, Pope Francis at the Vatican in Rome. (Duke Frasco's Facebook) Frasco knew the conversation was going to be short, sweet, and transcendent, so he told the Pope what felt was...
The Diocese of Pasig will now have its first minor basilica. PHOTO CBCP NEWS FB This, after the Vatican approved the request of the Archdiocesan Shrine of St. Anne in Taguig City for the title. No less than Pasig Bishop Mylo Vergara announced the good news in a Mass at the said Shrine on Tuesday,...
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo City has been declared as an “international shrine." Bp Francisco de Leon (Photo CBCP) CBCP News said Antipolo Bishop Francisco de Leon on Saturday said that the Vatican approved their petition to give the shrine, which is also...
Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles John Brown led the recent celebration of the 50th year of the Archdiocese of Lipa. Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Charles John Brown (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The Papal envoy called on the faithful to continue to nurture and deepen their...
Pope Francis sits under tapestries depicting 10 saints as he leads a canonisation mass at St. Peter's Square in The Vatican on May 15, 2022 creating 10 saints including India's Devasahayam, French hermit Charles de Foucauld and Dutch theologian Titus Brandsma. Vincenzo PINTO / AFP VATICAN CITY,...
Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula will take canonical possession of his titular church in Italy, Rome on Saturday, April 30. Photo RCAM "The Eucharistic Celebration for the Solemn Canonical Possession of the Titular Church of San Vigilio of His Eminence Jose F. Cardinal Advincula on April...
Manila Archbishop Jose F. Cardinal Advincula met Pope Francis during a private audience at the Vatican in Rome on Thursday, April 21, according to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila (RCAM). (Photo courtesy of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila) RCAM noted it was the very first time that...
Pope Francis reappointed Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles as member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Bp Romulo Valles (Photo CBCP) CBCP News said the reappointment was conveyed by the Vatican’s Secretariat of State to Archbishop Arthur Roche, prefect of...
Pope Francis met the new Philippine ambassador to the Holy See, Myla Grace Ragenia Macahilig at the Vatican on Saturday, Nov. 20. Ms. Myla Grace Ragenia Catalbas Macahilig, new Philippine Ambassador to the Holy See, presents her credential letters to Pope Francis at the Vatican on Nov. 20, 2021....
