Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma called on the faithful to lean on God amid sufferings and pains as the Catholic Church as marked the 25th World Day of the Sick and the 159th anniversary of the apparition of…
HAVE you ever accompanied your old parents or grandparents to church and had to stand throughout the Holy Mass since there are no more vacant seats? Or having to line up a long queue in order to…
1.5M devotees, revelers show up for the country’s biggest feast The week-long Sinulog Festival culminated yesterday with a plea for unity among Filipinos from Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma and dances that did not only venerate the Santo…
CEBU CITY–Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma called for unity in response to the problems that hound the country. Speaking before thousands of people who attended the 6 a.m. pontifical Mass in celebration of the feast of the Holy…
On the sixth day, the wife and I finally made it. Earlier concerns about our not getting parking space and lacking the stamina to keep standing throughout the Holy Mass at the jam-packed Pilgrim Center made us…
This year’s celebration of the feast of the Holy Child Jesus continues to bring in record numbers of devotees attending daily novena masses at the Pilgrim Center of the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño. There are 11…
Be patient. Follow instructions and signages. Keep it solemn. Avoid wearing jewelry. Dress in comfortable but not sexy clothes. These were among the reminders the Augustinian fathers of the Basilica del Sto. Niño gave to devotees as…
CEBU CITY–The Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño in downtown Cebu City will be open 24 hours a day to welcome pilgrims starting January 5 until the feast day on Jan. 15. Fr. Pacifico Nohara, OSA, the rector…
Lawyers in Cebu gathered on Wednesday morning to show support to their fallen comrades in the profession and denounce their killings. A solidarity mass, officiated by Fr. Dan Delos Angeles, was held at the Integrated Bar of…
Share the joy of Christmas. This was the message of Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma as Christians around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. In his annual Christmas message, the 66-year-old prelate encouraged everyone to remember…
As Catholics trooped to churches at the start of the Misa de Gallo on Thursday, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma called on the faithful to deepen their relationships with the Lord and to prepare spiritually for Christmas.…
THE traditional Misa de Gallo or nine dawn Masses that lead up to Christmas Day begins on Friday, December 16, in Catholic churches around the country. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma will be with parishioners of the Archdiocesan…
