The escalating tension between North and South Korea has not affected the ongoing preparations for the 6th Asian Youth Day (AYD), which will be held in Daejeon, South Korea, next year.
“Be open to surprises from the Holy Spirit.” The head of the country’s bishops gave this advice on Saturday to Filipinos after the Vatican announced that the conclave that will elect the next Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church will begin on Tuesday.
A Catholic Church official downplayed on Tuesday, the prophecy of a 12th-century Irish saint who supposedly predicted that the next Pope would be the last and the end of the world would follow.
He swam the shark-infested waters of northern Palawan for fun, survived hunger in a Japanese concentration camp during World War II, and then defied a dictator by bearing witness to the truth during the dark days of martial law.
From Filipino pilgrim to illegal immigrant? The president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Friday raised fears that Filipinos scheduled to attend the canonization of Blessed Pedro Calungsod in Rome next month might suddenly drop out of sight and join the TNT (tago nang tago or always in hiding) bandwagon.
The president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines on Friday raised fears that Filipinos scheduled to attend the canonization of Blessed Pedro Calungsod in Rome in October might suddenly drop out of sight and join the TNT (“tago nang tago” or always in hiding) bandwagon.
A senior Catholic prelate is hoping the Vatican will promote a Filipino archbishop to the cardinalate because the Philippines is now without a representative in the Catholic conclave for the first time since the 1960s.
The Catholic Church is opposed to the plans of Australian and Macau gaming tycoons to set up a $1-billion casino complex in Manila, the head of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said on Friday.
Devotees making a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Caysasay in the historic town of Taal in Batangas will now be able to receive the same plenary indulgence granted to pilgrims who visit the ancient basilica of St. Mary Major (Sta. Maria Maggiore) in Rome.
Saying Filipinos should stand up to bullies, the head of the influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines expressed support Saturday for proposals to ban or impose higher taxes on products from China due to the ongoing standoff at Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal.
A mass prayer for world peace by 11,000 Catholic youth would be held at St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City Friday, Radyo Inquirer 990 AM said.
