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...
The Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Philippines is inviting parishes to join the Red Wednesday observance on Nov. 24 by lighting the facade of their respective churches in red from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Photo courtesy ACN Philippines Red Wednesday is a church event to support Christians persecuted for...
Over 1,000 devotees flocked to the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, also known as the Redemptorist Church, in Paranaque City on Wednesday (Oct. 20), the first “Araw ng Baclaran” (Baclaran Day) after the National Capital Region (NCR) was placed under Alert Level 3. Under the...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso on Monday, Oct. 4, attended a mass at the Sto. Niño Church in Moriones, Tondo before filing his certificate of candidacy (COC) for president. Mayor Isko Moreno (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Domagoso was accompanied by his running mate vice...
Romblon Bishop Narciso Abellana, chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People (CBCP-ECMI), lamented the widespread discrimination suffered by migrants and refugees around the world. Bishop Narciso Abellana (CBCP image) In a...
The Catholic Church marks the 26th National Seafarers Sunday on Sept. 26 in honor of the sacrifices and hard work of Filipino seafarers. Bishop Ruperto Santos (Manila Bulletin photo) The national celebrations will be held in Cebu to coincide with the 30th year of the Apostleship of the Seas -Stella...
When a horrifying 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Bohol on October 15, 2013, the province’s centuries-old heritage churches collapsed, including one of the oldest and largest in the town of Loon — the Nuestra Señora de la Luz parish or Simbahan ng Birhen sa Kasilak (The Church of Our Lady of...
With the rising cases of the Delta variant of the coronavirus in the country, the Catholic Church renewed its call for the public to get vaccinated against the life-threatening viral disease. Get vaccinated against COVID-19 (Radio Veritas image) According to Church-run Radio Veritas, several...
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...
The Philippine Catholic Church will hold a virtual congress on the Eucharist in solidarity with the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest next month. 51st International Eucharistic Congress in Cebu (Cicero Lagarde/CBCP News) Fr. Miguel Garcia, executive secretary of the bishops’...
The Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene or Quiapo Church in Manila will now have relics of Saints John the Baptist and Roch. Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN The relics of the two saints will be enshrined at Quiapo Church on Saturday, July 31. "We requested the relics from the Chapel of...
An online survey is currently being conducted by the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene (Quiapo Church) in Manila on what will be the theme of Traslacion 2022. Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN "The Basilica Minore of the Black Nazarene asks for your time in choosing what will be the...
