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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…
Michelle Padayhag started writing for Cebu Daily News in March 2013. Fielded for general assignments, she can strike anywhere and find a story. She uses a mobile phone like an extension of her hand and writes with…
I am an avid reader of this paper and I would like to share some of my thoughts about the overwhelming welcome given to Pope Francis. Not only Filipinos but the whole world rejoiced over his visit…
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…
Pope Francis’ visit to Leyte, where he celebrated outdoor Mass in the rain than got him soaked, was held up as an example of humility, during yesterday’s pontifical Mass for the feast day of the Sto. Niño…
The girl sat in front of us, a baby half her size across her lap. To her left many other children, likewise in their preteens and selling candles, squat on the ledge that protruded from the footing…
1. Cebu is the “cradle of Christianity” in the country. The seeds of the Catholic faith were planted in 1521 with Ferdinand Magellan’s gift of an image of the Santo Niño and a cross. A visit to…
I-ampo gyud ang Pilipinas. I-ampo ang Cebu. I-apil kanunay ang Pilipinas sa imong pag-ampo, labi na gyud ang Cebu. (Pray for the Philippines and Cebu. Always include us in your prayers, especially Cebu.) – Hilario Davide III,…
HOMILY OF POPE FRANCIS Mass with Bishops, Priests and Religious Manila’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception 16 January 2015 Do you love me? Thank you. “Do you love me?… Tend my sheep” (Jn 21:15-17). Jesus’ words to…
Pope Francis has finally arrived in the Philippines, the start of what is expected to be an unprecedented “national fiesta”. He is called many names: the people’s pope, rock star pope, a radical pope, pope of surprises.…
Pope Francis skipped his arrival statement after landing at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City past 5 p.m. yesterday. Church bells tolled across the country and hundreds of children danced and waved Philippine and Vatican flags…
Palo, Leyte – “I am very ready,” said 53-year-old Niza Flores, while counting the remaining hours before her lunch date with Pope Francis tomorrow, Saturday. “It’s really been my dream to see a Pope in person. And…
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