Palma on New Year: Be ‘happy and thankful’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/03/2016

CEBU Archbishop Jose Palma called on the faithful to be “happy and thankful” during the New Year’s Eve Mass at Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral. Quoting Pope Francis, Palma “Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness…

Mercy

Loreen Sarmiento 12/20/2015

I have accepted recent changes in the family. But I can’t seem to shake off a certain degree of regret, blame and frustration. I have to admit they continue to gnaw at my insides and this is…

An encounter with mercy

Isabel Baccay 12/20/2015

The third Sunday of Advent is an awkward time. It sort of creeps us on us, pokes inappropriately and asks: “Are you ready for Christmas?” You are reminded of the things you still need to buy, wrap…

Pope, Aquino exchange tokens at Vatican

12/05/2015

POPE Francis yesterday gave President Aquino a bronze sculpture of an olive branch holding two halves of a cleft rock, which symbolizes peace and unity, as well as a copy of his encyclical on the environment, Laudato…

Duterte and Trump

Editorial 12/04/2015

It’s been four days since he insulted Pope Francis, but newly minted presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is still feeling the public backlash over his comments. Those who know the mayor or who have…

De Lima chides Duterte, wary of Poe election case

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/03/2015

LIBERAL Party senatorial candidate Leila de Lima questioned whether Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte was serious about his presidential bid after he insulted Pope Francis on national TV last Monday. “Is he really serious about seeking the…

Palma: It’s up to people to decide on Duterte

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/02/2015

CEBU Archbishop Jose Palma said it’s up to the people to decide if they want to vote for Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte after he was reported to have cursed Pope Francis in jest. “To me, anybody…

Theatrical tribute to Pope Francis set

PR 11/18/2015

THE Federation of Youth Organizations of Barangay Basak (FYOB) is inviting the public to the cultural and historical pre-International Eucharistic Congress Event dubbed as “#Popepular: Pa’no Kung Pinoy Si Kiko? A Filipino Musical,” a theatrical tribute to…

More street dwellers rounded up in Manila as APEC nears; Escudero hits government

11/11/2015

THE number of street dwellers rounded up in Manila’s clearing operations rose as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting drew nearer. The “rescued” persons on Monday alone was pegged at 300 — a huge leap from…

Pope sending proxy to Cebu in January

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/24/2015

Since he can’t visit Cebu in January, Pope Francis is sending a cardinal from Myanmar to represent him during the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) in Cebu City from Jan. 24 to 31, 2016. The Pope appointed…

Barangays act on Pope’s call to combat climate change

Juli Ann M. Sibi 10/23/2015

Some barangays in Cebu City are crafting work plans to combat the effects of climate change and improve  resilience in response to Pope Francis’s appeal. In his second encyclical, Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home,…

Church welcomes pope’s changes on annulment process

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 09/10/2015

The Cebu Archdiocese welcomed Pope Francis’s decision to revise the process for annulment of marriages among Catholics. Msgr. Joseph Tan, media liaison officer of the archdiocese, admitted that steps for annulment of marriage in the Catholic Church…

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