THE ICON of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Rome marks the 150th anniversary of its turnover by Pope Pius IX to the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (C.Ss.R), or Redemptorists.
THE APPROVAL of same-sex marriage in 21 countries including the US has brought attention to the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual...
Archbishop Ramon C. Arguelles of the Archdiocese of Lipa in Batangas himself disclosed the news that the Vatican’s Sacred Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) had overruled him in his decision to declare the authenticity of the alleged Marian apparitions in the Carmelite monastery in Lipa City in 1948.
Pope Francis said on Thursday he was willing to create a commission to study whether women can be deacons in the Catholic Church, signaling openness to letting women serve in ordained ministry currently reserved for men.
The bell of the 146-year-old Church of Saints Peter and Paul is ringing once again - filling the historic civic district with its rounded chime.
In one of the interviews Pope Francis gave onboard a plane headed back to Rome, he responded with, “Who am I to judge?” when presented with the case of a homosexual cleric. The context in which the statement was made is equally important.
From January 24 to 31, 2016, Cebu City will be a center of the Catholic Church as the faithful...
The Vatican has assured that everything has been done by Philippine authorities to ensure the security of pilgrims attending the 51st International Eucharistic Congress which will open in Cebu City today.
Philippine “people power” did not start with the millions who welcomed the papal visits of Saint John Paul II in 1981 and 1995 and of Pope Francis last year. It started in 1937 when for the first time in history, the International Eucharistic Festival (IEC), the spiritual festival centered on the Holy Mass that started at the turn of the 20th century, was held in Asia—in solidly Catholic Philippines.
Church leaders speaking in a forum in connection with the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) opening here on Sunday urged Catholics on Friday to go beyond the scandal of sex abuse and internal conflicts over doctrine and practice and focus on evangelization.
