Archbishop Tirona marks 50 years as priest
Archbishop Rolando Tria Tirona celebrated a milestone on April 21 by marking the 50th anniversary of his priestly ordination.
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Archbishop Rolando Tria Tirona celebrated a milestone on April 21 by marking the 50th anniversary of his priestly ordination.
Concerned by extreme heat and overcrowding in correctional facilities, the Catholic Church’s prison ministry arm has urged the government to expedite the process in decongesting jails.
United Methodist delegates have overwhelmingly endorsed a constitutional amendment seen by advocates as a way of defusing debates over the role of LGBTQ people in the church by giving rule-making autonomy to each region of the international church.
Passover is a major Jewish holiday, celebrated over seven or eight days each year, commemorating the exodus of ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as recounted in the Bible. To many Jews, it symbolizes freedom and the birth of a Jewish nation.
Following the announcement of Pope Francis’ apostolic journey to the Asia Pacific region later this year, Cardinal William Goh, archbishop of Singapore, has expressed his hope that the Holy Father’s visit to the city-nation from September 11 to 13 “will bring renewed fervor to all Catholics” in a media release.
The Vatican has recently issued a new document rejecting the concept of changing one’s biological sex—a setback for transgender people who had hoped Pope Francis might be setting the stage for a more welcoming approach from the Catholic Church.
The new temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Urdaneta, Pangasinan, is set to be dedicated on April 28.
A northern Philippine diocese has officially opened the process that could lead to sainthood for Niña Ruiz Abad, a 13-year-old girl regarded to have “lived a prayerful life full of reverence.”
Throughout history, solar eclipses have had profound impact on adherents of various religions around the world. They were viewed as messages from God or spiritual forces, inducing emotions ranging from dread to wonder.
The 2024 Pontifical Yearbook and the 2022 Statistical Yearbook of the Church, edited by the Central Statistical Office of the Church, are currently being distributed in bookstores, published by the Vatican Printing Press.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore in September, the Vatican announced Friday, confirming the longest trip of Francis’ papacy that is sure to test his
THE formal opening session of the Diocesan phase for the cause of Beatification and Canonization of a 13-year-old Servant of God, Niña Ruiz-Abad of Sarrat, Ilocos Norte has been held at the St. William the Hermit Cathedral in Laoag City last April 7, Divine Mercy Sunday.
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has reminded parents to choose godparents for their child who responsibly witness their faith.
NEW YORK—Above a bodega in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood, a mosque congregation hosts iftar, the traditional Islamic end of fast meal, for hundreds of hungry migrants every night during this holy month of Ramadan.
VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” used to sway votes during the two most recent elections of popes, while denying he is planning to reform the process for future conclaves, in a book-length interview published on April 2.
The Christian world celebrate Easter Sunday, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. It is considered as the most important date in the Christian calendar.
Against the backdrop of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, Holy Week was celebratory but not as festive as usual in the Holy Land.
Pope Francis has declared the death penalty “inadmissible.” This means that the death penalty should not be used in any circumstance. It also alters the Catholic Catechism, a compendium of Catholic doctrine, and is now binding on Roman Catholics throughout the world.
A Catholic bishop has described the scrapping of the planned P95-billion expressway along the Pasig River a “welcome development.”
When it comes to representing the Philippines’ musical heritage, there’s no other musical instrument quite like the globally acclaimed Las Piñas Bamboo Organ. Known to be the oldest and only one of its kind, it is housed in the St. Joseph Parish Church in Las Piñas City.
The sacred Holy Week is a time for Christians to commemorate the Passion of Jesus Christ.
Today, Palm Sunday, marks the start of the important religious observance of the Holy Week for Christians, who, in the Philippines, have the Catholics as the majority. It is the commemoration of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, a time when the faithful also reflect on their faith and life as Christians, and repent for their sins.
Ramadan in the Gaza Strip this year will be anything but “normal.”
The Vatican has granted permission to open the sainthood cause of a Filipino teenage girl, a Catholic bishop said.
VATICAN—On Friday evening last week Pope Francis traveled out of the Vatican to hear confessions and preside over a penitential service at St. Pius V Parish in Rome.
A Catholic bishop has expressed reservations about the Philippine police move to allow civilians to own semi-automatic rifles.
If you are in a neighborhood with Muslims, chances are, on a particular period after midnight, you’ll hear voices and the banging of pots and pans. Something’s cooking (pun intended), obviously.
THE Papal Nuncio to the Philippines on Thursday paid tribute to the depth and richness of the Catholic faith in the Philippines, remarking as well on the “phenomenon of popular religiosity.”
Acclaimed Broadway singer and actress Lea Salonga and the equally world-renowned Utah, USA-based Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square wowed the full-house capacity audience at SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena with their praise and inspirational songs on February 27.
The head of the Catholic bishops in the country believes that the EDSA Shrine, a historic landmark built in remembrance of the 1986 bloodless revolution that toppled the Marcos dictatorship, may be declared a “national shrine.”
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