Bumpy ride, seconds of bliss

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/08/2015

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…

Francis writes Palo Archbishop thanking people for their ‘witness of faith, endurance’ in trials

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/04/2015

 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.…

Palma gives way to other bishops in papal visit

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/26/2015

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,”…

Cebu youth leaders moved to action after Pope Francis encounter

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/26/2015

‘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…

Pockets of faith

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 01/22/2015

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…

Honor in life and death

01/21/2015

  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…

Orderly crowds for Francis

Ricky Poca 01/20/2015

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 hugged my cousin for 10 minutes’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/20/2015

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…

A Sto. Niño image as gift for Pope Francis in Luneta

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/20/2015

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…

Pope leaves ‘greatest home court’

Inquirer 01/20/2015

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”…

Pope to youth: Learn to weep

01/19/2015

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…

‘Sto. Niño reminds us we are God’s children’

Inquirer 01/19/2015

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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