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Famed Cebu dance troupe to join papal mass, teach ‘sinulog’ steps The renowned Sandiego Dance Troupe of Cebu will perform the Sinulog during the Mass to be celebrated by Pope Francis at Manila’s Rizal Park, popularly known…
Sto. Niño welcome planned for papal mass at Luneta When Pope Francis celebrates Sunday Mass at the Luneta park on Jan. 18, he’ll get a “distinct Pinoy” welcome and a reminder of the biggest feast taking place…
MANILA, Philippines—The Vatican has lauded the Filipinos’ “faith-inspired activities” to ensure spiritual readiness for the visit of Pope Francis in January. According to Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, papal visit committee head, Vatican officials were pleased…
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said he and the rest of the archdiocese continue to pin their hopes on a visit by Pope Francis to Cebu City for the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) in 2016. Speaking in…
The national government is studying the possibility of declaring the duration of the papal visit a holiday. A member of the Papal Visit Central Committee said a declaration would likely be adopted considering that the visit of…
The news that Cebu City is not included in Pope Francis’ itinerary when he visits the Philippines in January next year has prompted Mayor Michael “Mike” Rama to ask the local population including the media to bombard…
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama won’t give up appealing to the Vatican to include Cebu in Pope Francis’ visit to the Philippines on January next year. He said he would send an official communication to Malacañang as…
The Philippine Postal Corporation (Philpost) opened a Letter to the Pope campaign to drumbeat public awareness on Pope Francis’ upcoming visit and as part of its bid to revive letter writing among the youth. Philpost encourages students…
While members of the Cebu Archdiocese are disappointed that Cebu won’t be part of the itinerary of Pope Francis’ visit in January next year, some are still hopeful he can make it to the 2016 Eucharistic Congress…
Pope Francis’ events lined up at Malacañang, Manila Cathedral, Mall of Asia Arena, University of Sto. Tomas, Luneta, Tacloban city and Palo, Leyte Pope Francis will bypass Cebu and go straight to Metro Manila and Tacloban City…
The Augustinian Fathers of the Basilica del Sto. Niño in Cebu City recently found reason to hope so based on a letter sent by Vatican officials. The letter was in response to an invitation by the Augustinian…
When Pope Francis visits the country on Jan. 15 to 19 next year, there will be ‘no tickets’ distributed or sold for people to attend papal events. A Vatican representative yesterday warned Filipinos not to believe parties…
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