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Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal was six years old when he received his first Holy Communion at Luneta Park in Manila in 1937 during the first International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) held in the Philippines. The boy…
CLOSE to 5,000 kids, who were rehearsing for their first communion at the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC), cheered and applauded when Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle and Argentinian juggler Paul Ponce and his family dropped…
SHE started scavenging trash when she was 8 years old to help her family in Cebu City. Today, Maria Georgina “Maggie” Cogtas does volunteer work with street children after graduating at the top of her class with…
Hungarian priest says growing secularization threatens Catholic faith in Europe European missionaries used to travel to spread the faith. Centuries later, it is Europe whose faith is dwindling. Hungarian priest Fr. Laszlo Monostoro, vice chancellor of the…
While the ongoing International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) mostly focuses on spiritual matters especially revolving around the aforementioned Eucharist, top Church officials are not divorced from secular matters and issues that affect their respective countries and the world.…
At least 200,000 devotees filled the streets along Osmeña Boulevard on Friday afternoon to attend the Mass and the procession that followed as part of the ongoing 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC). Despite the crowd, the Mass…
Roads leading to the Cebu Provincial Capitol were closed as early as 1 a.m. on Friday to give way to preparations for the 4 p.m. Mass and the procession that will follow to Plaza Independencia. At least…
Palma tells faithful to wear slippers; gravel to fill flooded area Regardless of the weather, the closing Mass of the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) will be held at the South Road Properties (SRP) in Cebu City.…
TODAY’S prayer walk from the Capitol to Plaza Independencia is something you don’t see everyday. Instead of venerating a holy statue, all eyes will be on the Blessed Sacrament or sacred host placed on a custom-made monstrance.…
The Burmese prelate sent by Pope Francis to represent him to the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) yesterday showed Cebuanos that he had the moves. Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar, gave in to requests…
DO you have real friends on Facebook? Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle learned a lesson about social media that he would probably never forget. At a lecture during the ongoing International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) in Cebu…
BEVERLY Cabrera was with 30 youths from the San Nicolas de Tolentino Cathedral parish in Surigao City on board a passenger vessel bound for Cebu City when state weather bureau Pagasa raised a gale warning. They got…
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