OZAMIZ City— A truly synodal Church is defined not only by walking together but by stopping for people living on society’s margins, Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan told fellow bishops Monday as they concluded their annual retreat. Speaking during Mass at the Parish of the...
Pope Francis on Monday bestowed the “pallium,” a white woolen vestment symbolizing a metropolitan archbishop’s pastoral authority and communion with the pope, on 35 new archbishops from around the world, including three from the Philippines. The pontiff conferred the pallia during a Mass for the Solemnity...
CEAP Statement on Restoring Safe, Caring, and Values-Driven Learning Communities The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) expresses profound alarm and deep sorrow over the recent stabbing and shooting incidents on two separate school campuses. These tragic events, which claimed lives and inflicted serious injuries,...
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palo is mourning a deadly school shooting in Tacloban City, calling for prayers, solidarity and renewed efforts to prevent similar violence. In a statement, Archbishop John Du said the Church is “greatly shocked and grieving” over what he described as a...
Papal nuncio Archbishop Charles Brown blessed the Diocese of Borongan’s new Priests’ Home on Thursday, describing it as a place where elderly and retired clergy can experience care, fraternity and the love of the Church. The blessing followed a Mass at the Borongan Cathedral and marked...
Catholic leaders expressed solidarity Monday with communities devastated by a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Philippines. The tectonic tremor hit at 7:37 a.m. off Sarangani on June 8, according to the Phivolcs, killing at least 32 people and injuring more than 100 others across different...
A new bishop has formally taken charge of a mission territory in the northern Philippines that had been “sede vacante” for about a year. Bishop Sean Mejia, 54, was ordained and installed as apostolic vicar of the Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk during Mass at St. William’s...
Cebu’s Catholic archbishop appealed for equal justice and impartial investigations Tuesday as political tensions intensified over the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte and allegations involving a multibillion-peso flood-control scandal. In a pastoral appeal addressed to Filipinos, Archbishop Alberto Uy stressed that every accused person...
The country’s largest Catholic school network is backing a grassroots campaign to break the grip of powerful political families. The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines announced full support for the “Dapat Isa Lang” movement, which seeks to pass a genuine anti-political dynasty law through a...
A Catholic priest appointed to become bishop of Tagbilaran has announced he will not take up the post, citing personal limitations and discernment. Fr. Gerardo Saco Jr. said in a statement Tuesday he was asking for understanding for what he described as a “change of heart.” “It...