The 1897 Holy Week celebration at San Pedro Church in Davao was quite a sight, attended no less by five priests and three brothers. With a growing population of converts in and around the old town, the public reception, led primarily by dedicated public officials...
(Excerpt from the message of Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., during his 50th Sacerdotal Anniversary Mass at San Pedro Cathedral, April 10, 2026.) Good morning! We are about to conclude this Holy Eucharist which I am presiding, my thanksgiving to the Lord for the gift...
Music holds a sacred place in the life of the Church. It is not simply an addition to the liturgy, but a form of prayer that lifts the heart to God. As Saint Augustine reminds us, to sing is to pray twice. In song, the...
Easter greetings of peace and harmony. From here...
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT — Pope Leo XIV said Monday that he will continue to speak out “loudly” against war, stressing that his role is to preach the Gospel, not to enter into political disputes. Speaking to journalists aboard the papal flight to Algiers on April...
THAT’S the responsorial psalm of the Mass of the 3rd Sunday of Easter, Year A. It’s taken from Psalm 16,11. It’s again another reassurance from God that despite the complexities of our life today that offers us all sorts of pathways that can be both...
EVEN if we are told that we do not live by bread alone, (cfr. Mt 4,4) Christ is also concerned about feeding us with bread. This was dramatized in that gospel episode about the multiplication of bread (cfr. Jn 6,1-15). When he saw the large...
WE, of course, are not angels who are pure spirits and who have already made their definitive choice to be with God completely for all eternity. We are, of course, with a body that has a soul that is not only a vegetative or animal...
WITH all this very toxic air brought about by our differences and conflicts in matters of opinion and preferences, especially in the area of politics, we should be very concerned about how to cultivate a culture of dialogue and consensus-building. In this regard, we should be...
LIKE Nicodemus who could not fully figure out what to be “born again” means, (cfr. Jn 3,7-15) we can find ourselves incredulous in the face of certain truths of our faith that really are hard to understand, let alone, accept. In cases like this, we...