“The Bread and the Body, the Wine and the Blood” Was the Focus of Morning Meditation During Course of Spiritual Exercises for Pope and Roman Curia What is our relation with food? Around the supper, do we Christians find unity or are we divided? By shedding His Blood, did Jesus…
Concerned lay Catholics are invited to attend your respective Barangay assemblies and be informed of plans, projects and activities of your Barangay. The Gising Barangay Movement (GBM) is an N.G.O., an alliance of Filipinos who wish to do the little things in the barangay that together make up the big…
By Hannah Brockhaus , CNA During the forty days of Lent, as Christians we are called to follow in the footsteps of Jesus and address the spiritual battle against evil with the power of the Word of God,” he said March 5. “For this you have to become familiar with the Bible,…
Beijing, China, Mar 5, 2017 / 05:31 am (CNA).- For some 35 years, the population of China was strictly controlled by the Communist government’s one-child policy. Parents were only allowed one child, and additional pregnancies meant forced abortions or hefty fines and penalties, such as the loss of a job.…
Here is the Vatican-provided text of the discourse delivered yesterday, March 1, 2017, by Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, to the 34th Session of the Human Rights Council, Biennial High-Level Panel on “The Death Penalty:” Statement…
Press Statement Office of Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto 05 March 2017 In this divided nation, there will be disagreements on certain conclusions in the US State Department’s human rights report on the Philippines. There should be no discord, however, on one passage in the report, which is true…
House of Representatives set for final reading on legislation that could re-impose the death penalty UCAN/ Joe Torres, Manila Phili[pines, March 6, 2017 Philippine Catholic bishops expressed hope that members of the country’s Lower House will not support the passage of a law that will punish drug-related offenses with death.…
February 24, 2017 To: All Laiko Member National Lay Organizations and Archdiocesan Councils of the Laity Dear Brothers & Sisters, The peace and love of the Lord! On behalf of the CBCP Episcopal Commission on the Laity and the Board of Directors of LAIKO, I would like to express our sincerest…
AND GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD… CBCP Statement in Solidarity with Earth Hour God saw all that he had made…and it was all very good! The Christian must nurture earth and care for creation, for so is the Creator paid homage and done reverence. Creation bears the Divine…
Circular No. 17-02 February 28, 2017 TO ALL THE BISHOPS AND THE DIOCESAN ADMINISTRATORS Your Eminences, Your Excellencies & Reverend Administrators, RE: Communication from the Nunciature on a Fraudulent Attempt to Collect Funds This is in reference to the letter of the Most Rev. Guiseppe Pinto, the Apostolic Nuncio to the…
