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Asian bishops to work ‘not just for better Church but for better Asia’
THAILAND—Asia’s Catholic leaders gathered in Thailand are working on a new document that outlines their work and mission in the years ahead.
Pope declares Pangasinan, Pasig churches minor basilicas
Pope Francis declared the 250-year-old St. Dominic Parish Church in the northern Luzon city of San Carlos in Pangasinan, and the Archdiocesan Shrine of St. Anne in Taguig City as minor basilicas.
Church creates movement for good governance
GENERAL SANTOS CITY—Caritas Philippines, the social action and advocacy arm of the Catholic Church, is leading a movement that seeks to help ensure good governance.
Nuncio to bring plight of drug war orphans, widows to Pope Francis
PAPAL Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Charles John Brown has assured the widows and orphans of the “drug war” victims that he will bring the matter of their plight to Pope Francis.
Cardinal Advincula to receive ‘red hat’ in a rite on May 28
Cardinal Jose Advincula, the archbishop-elect of Manila, will receive his “red hat,” called a biretta, in a ceremony at the Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral in Roxas City on May 28.
AMRSP changes name to Conference of Major Superiors in the Philippines
The Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines (AMRSP) is changing its name after 50 years.
Filipinos in Spain celebrate 500 years of Christianity
A Vatican envoy led the Filipino community in the Spanish capital of Madrid in celebrating the 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines, hailing the migrants as the “best missionaries” of the Church.
Pope: Lent is a journey from slavery to freedom
VATICAN—Pope Francis said the 40 days of Lent are an opportunity to turn from the slavery of sin to the freedom found in reconciliation with God.
Pope’s envoy: If coronavirus is contagious, so is goodness
If the new coronavirus is contagious, so is goodness and concern for social justice, said Pope Francis’s new envoy to the Philippines.
NHCP: Homonhon as site of ‘first Mass’ in PHL still an ‘academic discussion’
It remains an “academic discussion” whether or not the “first Mass in the Philippines” took place on Homonhon Island off Eastern Samar province, a government agency said.