Pope names Archbishop Palma to Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education

CEBU – Pope Francis has named Archbishop Jose Palma of Cebu as a member of the recently established Dicastery for Culture and Education, according to the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).

Labajo is new Cebu archbishop

NEWLY-APPOINTED Cebu Auxiliary Bishop Ruben Labajo asked the faithful for prayers as he assumed his new position and described his mission as a gift that is meant to be shared.

Baguio boy admonishes Duterte for foul language

‘Using profanities is not the way to earn respect’

CATHOLICS HAVE praised Skye, a 9-year-old boy from Baguio City, for writing to President Rodrigo Duterte admonishing him for cursing and swearing in televised speeches.

Sunday Reflection by Mayor Beng Climaco

  4th Sunday of Lent

2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23 

Psalm 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 

Ephesians 2:4-10 John 3:14-21

John 3:16

‘God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so everyone who believes in him might have eternal life.’

WE WITNESSED the special mass celebrated by Pope Francis in the Vatican with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle and other Concelebrants with around 100 people from the Filipino Community in Rome. We thank God for the introduction of our Christian faith 500 years ago in Cebu. The beautiful liturgy partly in Filipino, reflects a new call of evangelization as our gift of faith to love and serve God. 

Pope approves 'Jubilee Year' for 500 years of Christianity in Cebu

POPE FRANCIS granted the request of Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma to declare within the archdiocese a Special Jubilee Year in commemoration of the 500 years of the arrival of Christianity in the country. 

Istupido!

‘Pangulong Duterte, napikon na naman sa mga kritiko’

TINAWAG NA “istupido” ni Pangulong Duterte ang mga kritiko nito na nagsasabing wala o kulang ang ginagawa ng pamahalaan upang ma-address ang Covid-19 pandemic sa bansa.

Bishops hit back at Duterte

CATHOLIC CHURCH leaders hit back at President Rodrigo Duterte’s “ludicrous” claim that Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle was removed as the archbishop of Manila because Pope Francis was angry with the cardinal's involvement in politics.

Pope Francis falls ill in virus-stricken Italy

POPE FRANCIS has fallen sick in Rome — a day after greeting the faithful on Ash Wednesday without wearing a mask while expressing solidarity with coronavirus sufferers. 

Sedition charges dropped against 4 bishops

MANILA HAS dropped charges against four bishops and two priests who were accused of attempting to overthrow President Rodrigo Duterte.

Prosecutors admitted that there is no evidence linking the six clerics to a plot to attempt to overthrow Duterte, and the Justice Department dropped all charges.