The number of women becoming nuns in Britain reached a 25-year high last year, according to figures released by the Catholic Church on Thursday.
Last Monday and Tuesday, we were running the final session of our Principals, Supervisors and Teachers’ Formation Program for five public schools from one city.
San Martin de Porres, patron of the sick and the poor, celebrates feast on Nov. 3
The cause for the beatification of Servant of God Bishop Alfredo Verzosa, bishop of Lipa during the Lipa Apparitions in 1948, needs 30 witnesses, according to Sr. Julie Micosa, MCSH. There were already 14 witnesses who were interviewed by the tribunal working for the cause, she said.
For many Filipinos, Good Friday means cooking the staples of their Lenten family traditions. But for most Catholics, the day...
Last year, after saving up for over a year and recovering from illness, I gave myself a long-anticipated 50th birthday gift: a pilgrimage to visit my favorite saints in Europe, and to see Pope Francis in person in Rome.
The movie sometimes cannot resist making cheap shots or sweeping claims against the Church, but the tendentiousness is balanced by sensitivity.
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.
It’s Easter.
On this day, Catholics, and many non-Catholic Christians alike, recall and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus — His rising back to life after suffering and dying on the cross, which were commemorated a few days earlier on Good Friday.
“A radical traditionalist Pope.” Pope Francis drew this oxymoron of a headline in a column written by Mary Ebstat in the Oct. 7 issue of Time magazine.
