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…

‘Oi, Pope!’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/08/2015

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…

Pope Francis’ visit makes us one

01/23/2015

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…

‘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…

Pope’s humility cited in Niño Mass

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/19/2015

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…

God of the streets

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 01/18/2015

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…

12 reasons Pope Francis to visit Cebu next time

01/17/2015

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…

If you could speak to Pope Francis about his PH trip and bring up concerns, what would you tell him?

01/17/2015

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 in Manila Cathedral

01/16/2015

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…

Welcome Pope Francis

01/16/2015

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.…

Maayong pag-abot, Santo Papa

01/16/2015

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…

Quake survivor ready for lunch date of a lifetime

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/16/2015

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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