The “Catholic vote” is already chipped even before the Filipinos can go to the polls on Monday. And it’s sad that those who are not voting, or cannot vote, with the Catholic Church are senior hierarchs, including the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines.
While other Catholic prelates have endorsed specific candidates, the Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro City has urged his flock to be “pan-partisan” but to junk political dynasties.
The global economic crisis is hitting Vatican employees in their cassock pockets.
Even in Basilan, the churches are full. A Catholic prelate said this on Thursday as he and other bishops continued to debunk the Social Weather Station (SWS) survey showing that the number of Filipinos going to Church had gone done down by more than half in the last 20 years.
Roman Catholic Church leaders in Bulacan have advised their parishioners to heed their conscience when they vote on May 13, and not join the bandwagon and wage war against senators branded as members of either “Team Patay” or “Team Buhay.”
Hundreds of Christians streamed through the cobblestone alleyways of Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday, hoisting wooden crosses and chanting prayers to mark the crucifixion of Jesus.
One of the most endearing and enduring Lenten practices of Roman Catholic Cebuanos is the annual visit to different churches within the city and province on the evening of Holy Thursday.
Here is a list of churches in Quezon City and Manila to guide you in planning your Visita Iglesia itinerary.
Devout Catholics in the Philippines go on Visita Iglesia (Spanish for “church visits”) as penance.
As summer starts to sizzle, a Catholic prelate on Friday scored the popular practice of holding “bikini opens” for both men and women, particularly during Holy Week.
Pope Francis flew in for an unprecedented encounter with his predecessor Benedict XVI at the papal residence of Castel Gandolfo near Rome — a first in Catholic Church history.
Why not Benedict XVII, John Paul III, Paul VII, or Pius XIII? Or even Peter II?
In his first public Mass, Pope Francis urged the Catholic Church on Thursday to stick to its roots and shun modern temptations, warning that it would become just “a compassionate NGO” if it forgot its true mission.
