The head of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care (CBCP-ECPPC) has asked Filipinos, especially the youth to elect leaders who will champion the cause of life and fight the existing culture of death. CBCP "We challenge all sectors especially...
Papal Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Charles Brown on Friday, June 18, spoke of Pope Francis' great love for the Filipino people and church. Pope Francis and Archbishop Charles John Brown in the Vatican in December, 2018. (VATICAN MEDIA FILE PHOTO) He cited the elevation of outgoing Capiz...
Pope Francis on Wednesday, June 9, appointed Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as member of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (Photo courtesy CBCP News) CBCP News said the cardinal was the sole addition to the Congregation which also assists the Latin-rite...
Pope Francis has granted canonical coronation to the image of the Our Lady of Mercy in Quezon City. Diocese of Novaliches logo The news was announced during a Mass at the Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Mercy, Sunday, June 6. A CBCP News post said a pontifical coronation is a "pious institutional...
A Filipino missionary priest was appointed as the new bishop of the diocese of Daru-Kiunga in Papua New Guinea. Bishop-elect Joseph Tarife Durero (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE APOSTOLIC NUNCIATURE TO PNG AND SOLOMON ISLANDS) Bishop-elect Joseph Tarife Durero, 53, of the Society of Divine Word, was...
A Filipino archbishop is the new apostolic nuncio to Israel and Cyprus. Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (SCREENSHOT/ARCHDIOCESE OF BRISBANE) CBCP News said Pope Francis appointed Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana to the post Thursday, June 3. At the same time, the Pope named the 73-year-old as apostolic...
Pope Francis kissed the tattoo of an Auschwitz survivor -- the number inked onto her forearm when she arrived at the concentration camp as a young girl -- as he met the 81-year-old in an emotional meeting Wednesday at the Vatican. This photo taken and handout on May 26, 2021 by The Vatican Media...
Pope Francis on Sunday said the loss of innocent lives in violence between Israel and Palestinians was "terrible and unacceptable", warning that the latest conflict could get even worse. "In these days, violent armed clashes between the Gaza Strip and Israel have taken over, and risk degenerating...
Pope Francis celebrated mass in honour of Myanmar on Sunday, repeating his calls for an end to violence in the country roiled by months of bloodshed following a military coup. The mass inside the Vatican's Saint Peter's Basilica came after several appeals for peace in recent months by Francis, who...
Pope Francis has elevated the St. Nicholas of Tolentino Parish in Sinait, Ilocos Sur to the rank of minor basilica. The Parish of San Nicolas de Tolentino – Archdiocesan Shrine of Santo Cristo Milagroso in Sinait, Ilocos Sur. PHOTO FROM THE PARISH Nueva Segovia Archbishop Marlo Peralta...
Pope Francis has called on the faithful to unite in praying the holy rosary this May to ask the Blessed Virgin Mary’s intercession for an end to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and the resumption of social and work activities. Pope Francis (VATICAN MEDIA VIA CBCP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
Pope Francis exhorted the religious and consecrated persons in the country to be open to new roads of evangelization. Pope Francis (VATICAN MEDIA VIA CBCP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The church, he said, must be open “to fresh ways of bearing witness to the joy of the Gospel and forming vital...
