The Catholic Church honors Wednesday, Nov. 10, the memory of Saint Leo the Great (San Leo Magno), a Doctor of the Universal Church, and one of the greatest pontiffs in Church history. St. Leo the Great (Catholic Online) Considered by Pope Pius XII as “the greatest among the great,” St. Leo...
President Duterte visited the final resting place of his late parents--Vicente Duterte and Soledad Duterte--at the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Davao City on Monday, Nov. 8. (Malacañang photo) Accompanying the Chief Executive was his longtime friend and aide, Senator Christopher "Bong" Go. Go is...
Detained Senator Leila de Lima has commended jail and prison volunteers for investing their time and effort to share love and compassion among persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) and help them heal and become closer to God. As the country celebrated the 34th Prison Awareness Week, De Lima said the...
• Two ghost stories that have become urban legends in the metro – the lady at Balete Drive and the eerie air around the Film Center • La Loma Catholic Cemetery was opened in 1884 and the list of people buried there is a ‘who’s who’ of...
Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) President-elect Bishop Pablo Virgilio David appealed on Friday, Oct. 22, to allow relatives of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims to visit their graves during All Saints Day and All Souls Day. (Unsplash) In a Facebook post, David asked city...
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Monday, Oct. 11, congratulated journalist Maria Ressa for winning the Nobel Peace Prize award. Maria Ressa (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) CBCP President Archbishop Romulo Valles highlighted the importance of journalists in the current political...
Archbishop Romulo Valles (CBCP NEWS/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has called on the public to pray for the immediate recovery of Cardinal Jose Advincula after the latter contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19). CBCP President Archbishop Romulo...
A senior House of Representatives officials sees no chance for the divorce bill to win approval in the House of Representatives even if the process of passage is fasttracked by the chamber. Divorce wedding “I don’t think the bill will pass - it is in direct contravension of the 1987...
CBCP/MB The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) encouraged the prelates to pray for Myanmar as the Southeast Asian country will commemorate its “Martyrs’ Day” on Monday, July 19. In a circular, CBCP Assistant Secretary General Fr. Carlo Del Rosario urged all bishops and...
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines–Episcopal Commission on Family and Life has invited the faithful to observe the first World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly on July 25. CBCP (FILE PHOTO) To be held in partnership with the CBCP-Episcopal Commission on Youth and the Liturgy...
The Archdiocese of Jaro in Iloilo has expressed its full support to the newly elected president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) Kaloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David. Bishop Pablo Virgilio David (Manila Bulletin File photo) Jaro Archbishop Jose Romeo Lazo said the...
After Taal Volcano was placed under Alert Level 3, over 5,000 residents in Batangas have left their homes and sought shelter in evacuation centers. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) raised Taal Volcano's alert level following three...
