An official of the Catholic Church wants concerned agencies and television networks to stop airing condom advertisements, saying these ads would encourage greater promiscuity among young people.
WHEN Fr. Enrique V. Macaraeg was consecrated bishop on May 24 at the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist in Dagupan City, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, the principal ordaining prelate, made striking analogies from the fact that the new member of the episcopacy hailed from the town of Malasique, from the Pangasinan word “lasi,” meaning “lightning.”
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas has urged Catholic priests to always prepare and think carefully about the content of their homilies, saying delivering “boring” sermons is unjust to God and the churchgoers.
Catholic Church officials on Friday said the public should not judge people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes the dreaded Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
When six prominent women formed a “circle of discernment” in response to the call of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), in no time they gathered 100 women from La Strada Parish and other parishes to attend the the talk of Archbishop Antonio Ledesma on natural family planning.
Twelve freedom fighters who opposed Ferdinand Marcos’ martial rule will be honored as martyrs and heroes in special ceremonies at Bantayog ng mga Bayani (Monument of Heroes) in Quezon City on Thursday, the eve of Bonifacio Day.
The Jan. 31, 2016, pastoral letter of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), titled “Being Eucharistic in Life and Deeds,” urges Catholics to put their devotion to the Holy Eucharist in action through correct conduct in the coming elections.