Cardinal Jose Advincula, archbishop of Manila, on Monday called for solidarity with the victims of a powerful typhoon that slammed into the country’s main island of Luzon.
Sabanal's mother taught them to recite the rosary when they were still young. It was also her mother, who got her baptized in the Roman Catholic Church, knowing perhaps that someday her child would retrace her way back to it.
On September 25, Church remembers its Filipino seafarers who, on account of their particular employment at sea, are often deprived of the grace and comfort of the Eucharistic celebrations.
Bishop Narciso Abellana of the CBCP Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (ECMI) said that “God’s inclusive love” enjoins people to regard migrants and refugees as “co-builders and co-citizens”.
The Socio-Political Apostolate of the Society of Jesus in the Philippines, "Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan," issued a statement on the 50th Anniversary of the Declaration of Martial Law in the country.
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, will be among the speakers taking part at “Celebrate Asia in Manila”, a conference to mark the 50th anniversary of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC).
A 47-year-old priest travels on a boat for more or less three hours via a river to celebrate Mass in the remote villages of Jipapad, central Philippines.
Grief and healing and inter-religious relationship-building would reveal that it is God’s "universal" and all-embracing love that has held me together throughout the journey.
Whether in the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic or not, healthcare workers like doctors, nurses, and other ancillary personnel in healthcare services have been doing a significant service to society.
Retired Bishop Joseph Nacua of Ilagan, the first and only Filipino Capuchin to have been ordained to the episcopate so far, died on Saturday. He was 77.
After more than 20 years of service in Cambodia, Sister Mercedes Disu returned to her home country to continue her new mission. She left Cambodia on August 19, 2022.
"We teach the faith and live it out. We defend the Church, its teachings, and the people. We make Jesus known and loved. We bring people into the church. We go out to see where they are too," says April A. Baybayon