On the cover of the Nov. 10, 1958 issue of Time magazine was Pope John XXIII, elected pope on Oct. 28, 1958 and installed on Nov. 4 of the same year. I have always had an affinity to Pope John for his courage in convening the Second Vatican Council in 1962, a move that ushered in an unprecedented renewal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Pope John Paul II might have beatified more than a thousand martyrs and holy men and canonized almost 500 during his papacy but his canonization, along with that of Pope John XXIII on Sunday, will be only the first of a Pope in 60 years.
The theory that Christ could have been married is seen with great skepticism in the Vatican and by historians.
I was just a young girl the first time my parents brought me to Europe. Up until then, Europe was unknown to me.
In 2010, before retiring as Cebu archbishop, Cardinal Ricardo Jamin Vidal announced that the Holy See had approved the opening of the cause for beatification of Archbishop Teofilo Camomot of Cagayan de Oro.
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle said the Vatican is closely watching the Philippine Conference on New Evangelization (PCNE) which will take place Oct. 16 to 18 at the University of Santo Tomas.
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle said, “The eyes of the Vatican are on us,” not to police but to see what happens in the Philippine Conference on New Evangelization (PCNE) that he has organized on Oct. 16-18 at the University of Santo Tomas.
Although she must have been 20 years older than me, Dr. Carmen Enverga-Santos became a steadfast friend because of our common involvement in Zonta, an international organization dedicated to the advancement of the status of women.
The images of San Pedro Calungsod, the second Filipino saint, and Our Lady of Peñafrancia, patroness of Bicol, have been approved by the Vatican to be placed in the crypt of St. Peter’s Basilica.
Vanity Fair in Italy on Wednesday named Pope Francis its “Man of the Year,” saying the pontiff’s first 100 days at the Vatican had already made him one of the world’s top leaders.
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