Pope Francis reminds priests: Keep sermon under 10 mins

Dexter Cabalza 12/07/2024

Feeling like a lost, drowsy sheep during long and winding homilies in your church? Here’s the good news: the Pope totally understands. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church has again advised priests to keep their sermon…

OPM song ‘Palagi’ sung during Surigao mass homily stirs heartfelt impact

Immae Lachica 11/26/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An OPM love song performed during a mass in Surigao City is melting hearts online. This isn’t because of a wedding, where love songs are often played as the bride walks down the…

Pope Francis urges priests to keep sermons short

Agence France Presse 06/14/2024

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis urged Catholic priests to keep their homilies concise, recommending a maximum length of eight minutes to prevent their audiences from falling asleep. The homily or sermon is the address in which a…

Palma to voters: Choose leaders with character, track record, competence, programs for poor

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/08/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma is asking voters to consider a lot of things when choosing the country’s next leaders such as character, achievements, competence, track record, and programs, especially for the poor. In…

Palma to faithful: Have faith that 2021 will bring more blessings

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Faith will bring blessings in 2021. This was the message of Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma in his homily on the New Year’s Eve Mass at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral on December 31, 2020,…

On 7th Misa de Gallo, Mantalongon priest reminds faithful to be thankful of God’s kindness

Doris Mae C. Mondragon 12/22/2019

DALAGUETE, CEBU — Wearing thick coats and warm smiles while singing some Christmas hymns, at least 500 parishioners crowded the San Isidro Labrador Parish in Barangay Mantalongon, Dalaguete on the seventh Misa de Gallo today, December 22,…

Misa de Gallo homily: ‘Take care of the elderly’

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 12/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Listen to their advice and take good care of the elderly. This was the core of the homily of Father Renie Villalino, parish priest of the Our Lady of Consolation Parish-Recoletos, to churchgoers…

True love? Bohol priest tells us what it is

Immae Lachica 09/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—A video of a priest in Bohol giving his homily during a wedding mass is making waves online for the message about what true love is. The video, uploaded by wedding videographer Richard Solis on…

Priest celebrating Wedding Mass gives the ‘best homily for wives’

Immae Lachica 09/07/2019

    CEBU CITY, Philippines — There are times that priests cannot deliver their homilies effectively, causing parishioners sometimes to lose their attention and not get the message of the scriptures that the priests want to get…

More photos from the NYD 2019 closing Mass

Tonee Despojo 04/28/2019

LOOK: Archbishop Gabriele Giordani Caccia, the Papal Nuncio to the Philippines, delivers his homily during the ongoing National Youth Day 2019 closing Mass held at the Cebu City Sports Center. Read More: Photo Gallery: NYD 2019 closing…

Devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe spans generations

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/12/2016

SHE was only five years old when her father first brought her to the Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Barangay Guadalupe to attend the Mass in celebration of the fiesta of the Virgin Mary under that…

Homily of Pope Francis in Manila Cathedral

01/16/2015

HOMILY OF POPE FRANCIS Mass with Bishops, Priests and Religious Manila’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception 16 January 2015 Do you love me? Thank you. “Do you love me?…  Tend my sheep” (Jn 21:15-17).  Jesus’ words to…

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