Presiding over the Chrism Mass at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Cubao in the National Capital Region of the Philippines, Bishop Elias Ayuban, CMF, called on his clergy to rediscover their identity and mission.
A Catholic bishop in the Philippines has urged the faithful to make peace a daily mission as he marked the 30th anniversary of his priestly ordination, reflecting on the need for reconciliation in both local communities and the wider world.
Indigenous communities are not merely recipients of charity but moral teachers whose values expose deep social inequalities, Bishop Dave Dean Capucao said during the opening Mass of the 131st Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) plenary assembly at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Cubao, Metro Manila.
The Vatican, with a population of 526 as of July 3 according to Worldometer, is 100 percent Catholic. But unlike Timor-Leste, the Vatican is not a member of the UN.
