Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines “Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.” (Romans 12:21) Our dear People of God, Peace be with you. We are aware that many of you have been wondering why your…
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FRANCIS’ 68TH VISIT AS BISHOP OF ROME
Upon his return from Panama, the Holy Father made sure to drop by Saint Mary Major to pray before the image of our Lady Salus Populi Romani. On March 14, 2014, the day after he was elected Pope, the Pontiff…
SANGUIS MARTYRUM, SEMEN CHRISTIANORUM – Don’t let Jolo bombing spoil peace process
Greenheart Hermitage (CBCPNews and Agencies) The search for peace in Mindanao should not be derailed by the deadly bombing of a Catholic cathedral in Sulu province, a church official said Monday. Jesuit Archbishop Antonio Ledesma of Cagayan de Oro said…
TEACHERS – A million thanks
– FAUSTO GOMEZ OP After Albert Camus received the news of the Nobel Prize for Literature, he wrote a letter to his teacher Monsieur Germain (November 1957): “I have just been given far too great an honor, one I neither…
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AT THE SERVICE OF SOCIETY (1) – The “Catholic” Identity of Catholic schools
– Fr Leonard E. Dollentas The Catholic University of America (CUA) has long been considered as the National University of the Catholic Church in the United States. Like most private institutions today, CUA is recently going through financial difficulties, incurring…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (37)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The report tells us that on the day Cacela and Cabral arrived at Rintam (now Chapcha, as we have seen), there also arrived a relative of the man who had negotiated the journey in Rangamati.…
NEWS BRIEFS
– Tej Francis PANAMA CITY, PANAMA SMALL, WELL-FUNDED LGBT GROUP TO CHALLENGE CATHOLIC TEACHING AT WORLD YOUTH DAY (CNA) A U.S.-based coalition of dissenting Catholics, whose backers include wealthy non-Catholic funders, is sending a small group of LGBT activists to…
MACAU CATHEDRAL OUTREACH MISSIONS – Bringing cheer to 500 needy children
Last December 2018, the English-speaking community of Macau Cathedral prepared for an outreach program to the Philippines. It was launched during the Simbang-Gabi (Christmas Novena Masses). Fr Leonard E Dollentas the priest-in-charge of the Macau Cathedral English-speaking community explained to…
DEMOGRAPHIC DEMISE – China destined to grow less and less
– Stefano Magni The end of the year was marked by alarming signals from China. Not only for Apple, the American giant of hi-tech, whose stock has collapsed in the stock market due to the contraction of the Chinese market,…
WYD 2019 IN PANAMA – Pope Francis arrives and World Youth Day begins
– Seán-Patrick Lovett For thousands of young people, the arrival of Pope Francis in Panama on Wednesday afternoon marks the true beginning of the 34th World Youth Day. (Vatican News) There were those who had waited at the airport all…