Kinshasa, DR Congo—Clad in his black cassock and energized by the frenetic beat, Jean-Pierre Mongambi, Kinshasa’s “rapping priest”, roamed underprivileged districts using rap to bring the gospel to the city’s youth. “Nayambi, nayambi” — “I believe” in the…
BARCELONA, Spain— Pope Leo XIV celebrated the Sagrada Familia Basilica as a masterpiece of “stones, colors and light,” as he marked the centenary of the death of its architect, Antoni Gaudí, with a Mass on Wednesday to inaugurate its…
Cebu, Philippines — As the month of May comes to a close, Filipino Catholics hold the Santacruzan, a procession of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Holy Cross that Saint Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine,…
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV pushed back Monday on President Donald Trump’s broadside against him over the U.S.-Israel war in Iran, telling reporters that the Vatican’s appeals for peace and reconciliation are rooted in the…
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Friday stressed the importance of faith and moral discipline in nation-building and in moving closer to the ‘Bagong Pilipinas’ as he joined the Muslim Filipino community in observing…
MANDAUE CITY, CEBU — The antique chandeliers of the National Shrine of St. Joseph (NSSJ) in Mandaue City have finally been brought home and reinstalled after being kept away for more than two decades. The three chandeliers…
Cebu, Philippines–(Updated 12:30 p.m., Sept. 30) Archbishop-Designate Alberto “Abet” Uy is set to be formally installed as the fifth Archbishop of Cebu on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral. These are live updates of…
This is the Gospel for today, September 16, which is the Tuesday of the Twenty-fourth week in ordinary time. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, September 15 Daily Gospel, September 14 Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to Saint…
CAMOTES ISLAND, Cebu — Employees coming from the different Regional Trial Courts (RTCs) in Cebu City spent their weekend visiting the Jubilee Pilgrimage route on Camotes Island. Among those that they visited on Sunday, June 29, was…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Evangelization doesn’t always begin at the pulpit. Sometimes, in a darkened theater, everything goes quiet. The crowd settles, the lights dim, and there is only silence for a moment. Then, as the curtain…
MANILA, Philippines — For over 450 years, the Augustinian Order has been instrumental in shaping the Philippines’ religious identity, cultural heritage, and iconic architecture. Arriving with the first Spanish expeditions in 1565, the Augustinians became the earliest…
Before he became Pope Leo XIV, Fr. Robert Prevost once visited Cebu in 2004. Photos from the Order of Saint Augustine – Province of Cebu Philippines Facebook page shows a younger Prevost attending the 19th Anniversary of…
