In contrast to the millions of crowds in the past years, only around 284,000 people joined Saturday’s Black Nazarene feast celebration, church authorities said. Of the total, about 98 percent devotees flocked to Quiapo Church, while the remaining attended Masses at the nearby Sta. Cruz Church...
Due to the increasing crowd, the Basilica Minore Del Sto. Niño De Cebu has cancelled all public Masses starting Tuesday until the feast of the child Jesus on Jan. 17. In a statement released Monday, the basilica’s Augustinian friars said the decision was made for the...
THE Archdiocese of Cebu and the Cebu City Government have launched the 100-day countdown to the start of the yearlong celebration for the 500th anniversary of Christianity in the Philippines. The launching was held at the historic Magellan’s Cross in Cebu City on Monday afternoon, Jan....
Giablihan ang pinakaunang National Catholic Media virtual Convention subay sa tema “Real Talk” nga gibase sa mensahe ni Santo Papa Francisco sa pagsaulog sa World Communications Day niining tuiga, Nobyembre 23. Gisalmotan kini sa nagkadaiyang social communication practitioners sa mga dioceses kon lokal nga mga simbahan...
A Catholic bishop has told people on Sunday to help others because they mean it, not because they have extra things to spare. In his homily for World Day of the Poor, Manila archdiocese’s administrator Bishop Broderick Pabillo said that help should be sincere and not...
A Catholic bishop has told the victims of recent typhoons that claimed lives and destroyed properties not to give up. Bishop Joel Baylon of Legazpi, in a message issued Nov. 14, urged the survivors to face the devastation “with new hope and a firm resolve to...
Super Typhoon Rolly, internationally known as Typhoon Goni, recorded as 2020’s strongest typhoon made landfall in the Philippines last November 2 in Luzon, particularly Catanduanes, Albay, Quezon province & Batangas. This has affected an estimated 1.2 million lives, displacing around 200,000 individuals from their homes. Typhoon...
Various Caritas organizations from different countries pledged to help the Philippines recover from the disastrous impact of Super Typhoon Rolly. The organizations conveyed to Caritas Philippines, the humanitarian arm of the Philippine Catholic Church, their readiness to support its emergency and recovery efforts. “Several Caritas Internationalis member...
Aside from remembering the world’s persecuted Christians, this year’s “Red Wednesday” will be dedicated in praying for the country as the coronavirus pandemic continues to take its toll. The Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Philippines said the November 25 celebration aims to rekindle hope...
Ater cancelling the Black Nazarene procession, Quiapo Church has also called off the traditional kissing of the revered image due to Covid-19 pandemic. Instead of the “pahalik”, church rector Msgr. Hernando Coronel said they would replace it with “pagtanaw” or viewing of the statue from the...