1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (436+ words) Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan presides over the closing Mass of the first Asian Catholic Digital Missionary Assembly at Novaliches Cathedral in Quezon City on Sept. 13, 2026. RCAM MEDIA/JOHN NOEL GUARTE Catholic digital missionaries should look beyond follower counts…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1055+ words) By Emmanuel Ogacheko Idakwo VATICAN — For centuries, “ad limina apostolorum” visits — the periodic pilgrimage of diocesan bishops to the tombs of the apostles Peter and Paul and their meetings with the successor of St. Peter — have often been perceived primarily…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (346+ words) Archbishop Gilbert Garcera, CBCP president, presides over the opening Mass of the Asian Catholic Digital Missionary Assembly at the Radio Veritas Asia headquarters in Quezon City on Sept. 11, 2026. ROY LAGARDE MANILA — Catholic media in Asia must move beyond using digital…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (186+ words) Dr. Lysander Rivera, director of the Lasallian Institute for Evangelization and Catechesis at De La Salle University – Manila. Pope Leo XIV has reappointed Filipino catechetical expert Dr. Lysander Rivera to a Vatican advisory council for another five-year term. The council,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (291+ words) Major women religious superiors attend Mass at Zamboanga Metropolitan Cathedral on Sept. 4, the fourth day of the second national convention of the Conference of Major Superiors in the Philippines. CMSP ZAMBOANGA City — Catholic religious congregations in the Philippines pledged Saturday…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (251+ words) ZAMBOANGA City — Catholic religious leaders called for stronger action against corruption, political dynasties and misuse of public funds as they ended their national convention Saturday. The 233 consecrated women and men representing 159 religious congregations said their faith requires them to confront…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (337+ words) Bishop Broderick Pabillo of Taytay addresses participants at the 2nd national convention of the Conference of Major Superiors in the Philippines in Zamboanga City on Sept. 2, 2026. NORMAN DEQUIA ZAMBOANGA City — A Catholic bishop challenged religious superiors Wednesday to put defending marginalized…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (523+ words) CBCP President Archbishop Gilbert Garcera is welcomed by Egyptian Minister of Endowments Osama Al-Azhari at Masjid Misr in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital, outside Cairo, on Aug. 31, 2026. CAIRO — Christian-Muslim peace requires more than goodwill and calls for deeper understanding of Islam…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (251+ words) The Diocese of Talibon prepares for its first diocesan synod, scheduled for Oct. 19-23, 2026. The five-day assembly will bring together representatives of the local Church for prayer, listening, dialogue and communal discernment. TALIBON, Bohol— Forty years after its establishment, the Diocese…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (353+ words) More than 1,700 altar servers attend the opening liturgy of the fourth pilgrimage tour of the image of St. Tarcisius of Rome at Novaliches Cathedral in Quezon City on Aug. 21, 2026. NORMAN DEQUIA Bishop Roberto Gaa told more than 1,700 altar servers that…...