Last Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released a Declaration entitled “Fiducia Supplicans”, with the approval of the Holy Father, Pope Francis. It is clear in its content and intent. Basically, it elaborates “On the Pastoral...
It happened in the morning of the first Sunday of Advent, 3 December 2023. A group of Catholics was gathered together for the Eucharist to mark the beginning of a new liturgical season and to light the candle for the first Sunday of Advent. The perpetrators had chosen...
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is a big network. It has 31 Commissions, Committees and Offices, which are involved in various ministries, areas of pastoral work and social advocacies. One of them, the Episcopal Commission on Public Affairs...
In 1988, the Catholic Church said our country was in peril and called out the faithful, church institutions and organizations, civic leaders, and the government to save our “beautiful land.” Thirty-five years later, we have not improved a bit. Sea levels rise in the...
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