Bishop Erardo Alminaza of San Carlos Diocese asked Filipinos to support two environmental activists who oppose reclamation projects in Manila Bay and other regions.
“Dioceses, parishes, and basic ecclesial communities must be encouraged to hold pilgrimages because of their spiritual value and communal service," according to a statement from the NMDDL.
Saint Matthew, also known as Saint Matthew the Evangelist, Apostle, or Levi, was one of Jesus Christ's Twelve Apostles and wrote the first Synoptic Gospel. He was from Palestine in the first century CE.
The Vatican has approved the petition of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on the establishment of the Permanent Diaconate in the Philippines.
Participants vowed to eliminate single-use plastics, adopt energy-efficient practices, support and engage in city ecosystem restoration, and serve as sustainability ambassadors in our school and community after the event.
Priests from the eight dioceses that are under the ecclesiastical jurisdictions of the Bicol region will gather again under the mantle of the Blessed Mother of Peñafrancia who is the patron of Bicolandia.
