Saints of the saints

FR. FRANCIS ONGKINGCO 10/27/2017

Come November, we again celebrate all the unnamed saints whose holiness is known only to God. Likewise, we are reminded of our true goal in life: to strive for holiness in order to enter heaven. And the…

Del Mar calls on Church to lobby for Vidal’s sainthood

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/23/2017

WHY not lobby for Ricardo Cardinal Vidal’s sainthood? Raul del Mar of Cebu City’s north district called on Catholic Church officials to work for the canonization of the well-loved prelate. “San Ricardo Vidal sounds good. Let us…

Navaja: The privilege of photographing Vidal

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/23/2017

SAMMY Navaja considered himself as nothing but an ordinary photographer who, despite doing the job for years for the Cebu Archdiocese, was contended with staying on the sidelines while capturing significant events of the church. But he…

Boy found dead inside hole at Talisay church

Rene Alima 10/18/2017

A DEAD nine-year-old boy was found deep in a hole where a church was being renovated in Barangay Jaclopan, Talisay City, yesterday morning. SPO1 Perlie Orleaneda of the Talisay City police precinct identified the victim as Sefury…

BRGY TIP BOX

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/09/2017

Boxes to be placed in villages where residents can drop names of those involved in drugs, corruption; CHR, church wary This is one drop box where you don’t want your name to be drawn. The Department of…

The church of St. Francis

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 10/07/2017

Four days ago, we went to Balamban again. The visits to my hometown have become more frequent of late for the reason that my mother, a nonagenarian, desires that we, her children, see her on a regular…

Church official steps into dispute involving priest, parishioners

Futch Anthony Inso 10/06/2017

  The Archdiocese of Cebu has intervened into the reported dispute involving a Lapu-Lapu City priest and five of his parishioners. Msgr. Joseph Tan, archdiocesan spokesperson, said they have invited Fr. Bernard Corpuz, parish priest of the…

Cebu Archdiocese rings church bells for victims

Ador Vincent Mayol 09/22/2017

A CALL TO END VIOLENCE Starting Sunday, September 24, church bells throughout the city and province of Cebu will ring at 8 p.m. to remember victims of extrajudicial killings (EJKs). It is also a call for an…

Inside job eyed in Bantayan church burglary

Winston Ensomo 09/11/2017

DESPITE having no suspects yet in the P143,000 burglary of a church in Barangay Suba, Bantayan town in northern Cebu, police are exploring the idea of the crime as an inside job. PO1 Florante Sukatan of the…

Finding ‘Ecce Homo’ marked

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/19/2017

It is not as popular as the Sto. Niño de Cebu. But the four-century-old bust of the suffering Jesus Christ known as the “Ecce Homo” is an equally significant religious icon that has become a part of…

Words

JASON BAGUIA 08/18/2017

In the beginning was the Word; and creation was spoken into being: sun and moon, planets and comets, ocean and rain, animals and avians, fish and fowl, trees and crawlies, flowers and fruits, man and woman. In…

Mabolo church burglary suspect arrested

Miguel Ermac 08/16/2017

  Neighbors who saw his picture on media reports tipped law enforcers of the whereabouts of Alexander Lumapak, the suspect on Sunday night’s Mabolo church burglary. Lumapak, 21, did not resist arrest shortly before midnight on Tuesday,…

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