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To write a “rough draft of history” is a journalist’s classic challenge. Sometimes, the task goes beyond recording an event. A light switches on and carries a reporter through hours of fatigue and waiting. Something like that…
POPE WON’T FORGET I will never forget this…” Touched by the resilience of Filipinos affected by supertyphoon Yolanda, Pope Francis wrote to the Archdiocese of Palo days after his visit to Leyte province last Jan. 17.…
Cebu Archbishop Jose S. Palma said he wasn’t visible during the visit of Pope Francis because he wanted to give other bishops the chance to meet him. “I will not deprive others and give them the opportunity,”…
‘Francis effect’ Overwhelmed by their experience of seeing Pope Francis during the “Youth Encounter” at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila, at least 40 youth leaders from different Cebu towns have vowed to work doubly…
Now that the Missionary-in-Chief is back in the Vatican, mainstream media is preoccupied with analyzing the pronouncements that Pope Francis made during his five-day visit. Some reporters came up with a list of 7, lifted mostly from…
Her name was Kristel Mae Padasas, a 27-year-old volunteer of the Catholic Relief Services. She was one of many who traveled a great distance to work for preparations for the papal Mass at the Tacloban City…
Congratulations to the holding of a successful Sinulog Grand Parade and the Sto. Niño solemn foot procession last weekend. From the reports I gathered, Sunday’s Sinulog parade had a much larger crowd with more contingents participating. Crowd…
POPE Francis left the Philippines yesterday and his five-day visit left a lasting impression on those who attended his Mass at the Tacloban City airport and saw him at the Palo Metropolitan Cathedral. Christian Gomez and his…
Though he was unable to visit Cebu City, Pope Francis received a salient token of the island when he left the country yesterday. The Holy Father got a six-inch image of the Sto. Niño de Cebu from…
A “miracle” was how Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle described Pope Francis’ four-day visit, which drew an estimated record crowd of 6 million at its concluding Mass on Sunday. Francis left the Philippines—the “greatest home court”…
It was a child, 12-year-old Glyzelle Iris Palomar, who moved Pope Francis to discard his prepared statement at the “Encounter with the Youth” at University of Santo Tomas yesterday. Palomar narrated how many children are neglected by…
Record high 6 million attend Pope Francis’ final Mass at Luneta On the day of the Feast of the Sto. Niño, Pope Francis ended his apostolic visit to the Phiippines with a message to cherish one’s identity…
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