(Editor’s note: Last February 4, Thursday, the Davao Catholic Herald received this "News from Southern Philippines, from the Archdiocese of Davao!" from the Bishop’s Office. Since the printing of our weekly publication is on Thursdays, we have just published this now.) Yesterday, February 3, Wednesday, Dr....
GUIDELINES ON OUR HOLY WEEK CELEBRATIONS We made our guidelines, which we already sent to you, for our Holy Week Celebrations (Pastoral Advisory #6) after consulting 3 documents: (1) CBCP Recommendations for the Celebrations of Holy Week during the Quarantine Period (2020), (2) the Decree of...
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord: In these very difficult and trying times, I exhort you to keep your faith. We continue to pray to the Lord; to trust in him, in his love, in his care and protection, and in his mercy and...
[Please disregard the announcement titled Additional Announcement that I made late afternoon of Saturday, March 14, 2020. For facility, we are now naming these announcements as Pastoral Advisory and the corresponding number. Thus, this present announcement, which is a revision of that Additional Announcement of...
Mga igsuon, let me continue unsay background nianang puntoha (Kwaresma). Ang Simbahan gitawag nga katilingban sa mga matuohon. Ang atong persona gitawag kita nga lawas ni Kristo. Ang iyang dating, sa mga batan-on pa, Christ-like pud. Sa Bible, ang pagtulon-an bahin sa iya nga pagka-simbahan,...
Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In these recent days, we feel again, with growing intensity, the pain and shame, because of the many revelations of sexual misconduct, most particularly those done against minors but not only minors, committed by a significant number of clerics, a number...
July 7, 2018 Welcome to our 117th Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines! It is my pleasure to welcome the new bishops, our new members of the Conference – five (5) recently ordained, Bishop Abel Apigo, the new Bishop of Mati; Bishop Bartolome...
Brothers and Sisters in Christ, These recent days, the news have reported a good number of Catholic priests asking for permit from the Philippine National Police (PNP) that they be allowed to carry firearms. I have already stated my mind on this issue some days ago through...
Mga igsoon ko diha ni Kristo, akong igsoon nga kaparian nga ania karon dinhi, mga kamadrehan nga miuban kaninyo karon, Dako akong kalipay nga mahiuban kaninyo karong hapona ilabina na niining pagpangulo nako sa Santos na Eyukaristiya...
To Bishop Jack Jose, the chairman of ECCL, and all of you delegates to this year’s annual convention of the Canon Law Society of the Philippines, thank you very much for believing in Fr. Junar Dela Victoria, your president, that it is safe and fun...