Pope: Priests in Holy Year can absolve ‘sin of abortion’

09/06/2015

Vatican City  — Pope Francis is applying his vision of a merciful church to women who have had abortions, easing their path toward forgiveness and saying he realizes some felt they had no choice but to make…

Leyte priest to be ordained this Friday

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/31/2015

Another priest who was named auxiliary bishop of Cebu by Pope Francis will be ordained on Friday. Hundreds of bishops and priests from around the country are expected to gather at the Palo Metropolitan Cathedral for the…

U.S. inmates ready pope’s walnut chair in Philadelphia

AP 08/26/2015

PHILADELPHIA — Pope Francis will have a nice place to sit when he meets with Philadelphia prisoners next month. Inmates in the city’s correctional system have been working for the past couple of weeks on a stately…

Environment forum on Aug. 21

Marc Eric Cosep 08/13/2015

The 2nd Kahayag forum will be held at the Sacred Heart Center-Convention Hall in Cebu City with the theme “Protect the Earth, Dignify Humanity” on Friday, Aug. 21. Sponsored by the Community of St. John in collaboration…

Cebuano priest ordained as bishop

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/10/2015

Serving coffee and carrying the luggage of a cardinal would have been easier. But Msgr. Dennis Villarojo said God intended him to shepherd His flock as a bishop. “Now I understand what it means to be asked…

Cebuano priest elevated to bishop

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/09/2015

Hundreds of bishops and priests from around the country will gather in Cebu tomorrow as a Cebuano priest will be elevated to the Order of Bishops. Most. Rev. Dennis Villarojo, D.D. will be ordained bishop at the…

Corruption as gangrene

07/18/2015

Pope Francis’ speech about corruption being the “gangrene of the people” in Paraguay was timely not only for that South American country where it is said to be rampant but also for the Philippines which he visited…

Pope Francis not attending Eucharistic Congress next year

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/14/2015

It’s final. Pope Francis won’t return to the Philippines for the International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) in Cebu City in January 2016. The Holy Father, however, will send his representative during the week-long gathering, said Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates…

Pope: Corruption is gangrene of people

07/13/2015

ASUNCION, Paraguay—Pope Francis decried the scourge of corruption as the “gangrene of a people” on Saturday in Paraguay, one of the poorest countries in South America and where graft is rampant. The 78-year-old Pope—in Paraguay on the…

No Pope Francis for next year’s Eucharistic Congress

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/27/2015

Despite the countrywide clamor for his return, Pope Francis won’t likely visit the Philippines for next year’s International Eucharistic Congress. Archbishop Piero Marini, president of the Pontifical Committee of the International Eucharistic Congress (IEC), yesterday said the…

The hug that’s as good as a healing

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 02/15/2015

In my mind I keep images of Pope Francis to retrieve whenever I need inspiration, much as one would keep one’s spouse’s or friend’s photograph in one’s wallet. For already, in just a few years, the media…

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…

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