THE slaying of more than 20 journalists in Maguindanao should not keep the members of the media from fulfilling their job of providing information to the public. Archbishop Jose Palma of Palo made the appeal over the weekend in reaction to the Maguindanao massacre that claimed the lives of at least 64 people. “My point [...]
THE Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines will release its guidelines for Catholic voters on how to choose their candidates in the 2010 elections. Fr. Melvin Castro, CBCP’s Episcopal Commission on Family and Life executive secretary, said the guidelines, which will stress family and life issues, will be launched November 30. “We believe it is [...]
AN interfaith center has opened in Mindanao in the country’s south, thanks to work by Korean religious leaders and funding from the Seoul government. The center in Davao City will focus on faith, culture and dialogue between religions in troubled Mindanao. Korean Coadjutor Archbishop Hyginus Kim Hee-joong of Kwangju had discussed the project with Archbishop [...]
MANILA Archbishop Cardinal Gaudencio B. Rosales has banned the holding of wedding rites outside the church. Rosales issued the ban to prevent the sacrament of marriage from being ridiculed and press the observance of “all ecclesiastical laws.” “I have to ensure that abuses do not creep into ecclesiastical discipline, especially concerning the celebration of the [...]
ASIAN Catholic youth leaders vowed to help spread the Catholic faith after a four-day gathering in Cavite province. Over 1,500 young faithful gathered at the Rogationist College in Silang town Nov. 23 to 27 for the 5th Asian Youth Day hosted by the Diocese of Imus. Despite the “difficulties that beset” them, the youth acknowledged [...]
AS the church enters the new liturgical year of Advent, Lipa Archbishop Ramon C. Arguelles will formally proclaim 21 pilgrim churches in the whole metropolitan province under his jurisdiction. The proclamation of pilgrim churches is in preparation for the 1st Centennial Celebration in 2010 of the Archdiocese of Lipa. “From April 10, 2010 to April [...]
Pope Benedict XVI welcomed the beginning of a new liturgical year during his traditional addresses before and after the Angelus from the window of the Apostolic Palace on St. Peter’s square Sunday. His words included a message concerning the relevance of Christ to all the world and prayers for the fight against AIDS. Before reciting [...]
Today, Nov. 30, Catholics worldwide are celebrating the feast day of St. Andrew, apostle and martyr. A fisherman from Bethsaida and brother of Simon Peter, St. Andrew is said to have spread Christianity in Russia and Asia minor after Pentecost in the first century. He was crucified by the Romans in Greece on an X-shaped [...]
WASHINGTON — Now coming to a Catholic high school near you: the eye-opening documentary Posada. It’s also coming to a Catholic university near you, or perhaps the Newman Center at a secular college, or a Catholic parish, or one of 1,000 organizations that serve immigrants or advocate on their behalf. The prize-winning documentary connects the [...]
A newly beatified nun from the Holy Land could serve as an inspiration for Christians who remain there, said the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem. The Nov. 22 beatification “breathes upon us a new spirit, renews our church and invites us to the happy hope that we ourselves, too, can be saints like her,” said Latin [...]
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