Tagle urges flock: Fast, give money you save to poor kids
By Philip C. TubezaHere’s one way to lose weight while enriching one’s spirituality: Fast during the entire period of Lent and donate the money intended for your food to the hungry.
Here’s one way to lose weight while enriching one’s spirituality: Fast during the entire period of Lent and donate the money intended for your food to the hungry.

Parañaque Bishop Jesse Mercado on Wednesday denied accusations he had misused some P3.2 million in donations from his parishioners, saying the funds were audited annually by the Archdiocese of Manila.

For the first time in decades, the Archdiocese of Manila celebrated Easter Sunday in a temporary new home—San Fernando de Dilao Parish Church in Paco—with a message to the faithful to reexamine their lives and forswear selfishness and greed.

The Archdiocese of Manila has provided a portal on its newly revamped website that would allow the Catholic faithful from across the globe to send in their donations for the Church’s charity programs.
To help raise funds for the victims of tropical storm “Sendong,’’ the archdiocese of Manila will have second collections in all its Masses, particularly during the Simbang gabi (dawn Masses) until Christmas Day, according to Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle.

Cheered by dancing nuns and priests, Luis Antonio Tagle on Monday assumed the post of archbishop of Manila with tears in his eyes and a reminder to himself never to let earthly glories blind him to his mission to be a servant of God.
The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Manila is gearing for the arrival of its new archbishop on December 12.