Pope says death penalty ‘inadmissible’

AFP 08/03/2018

Pope Francis has declared the death penalty “inadmissible” in an update of Catholic believers’ most important guide to Church teaching, the catechism, the Vatican said Thursday. “The Church teaches, in the light of the Gospel, that ‘the…

Manila Cathedral celebrates B-day of Pope John Paul II

Inquirer.net 05/18/2018

The Manila Cathedral celebrated the birthday of Saint Pope John Paul II on Friday by holding a public veneration of the late Pontiff’s blood relic. The vial of the late Pope’s actual liquefied blood was open for…

Pope seeks peace in Jerusalem

AFP 12/26/2017

  Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas address on Monday called for peace in Jerusalem and highlighted the plight of children scarred by conflict, having earlier urged the world’s Catholics not to ignore the conditions migrants face.…

Pope in Myanmar on high-stakes visit

AFP 11/27/2017

Pope Francis arrived in mainly Buddhist Myanmar Monday on a highly sensitive visit to a country facing sharp global criticism for the alleged ethnic cleansing of its Rohingya Muslim minority. The 80-year-old pontiff, the first to travel…

Anomalies abound in Vatican trial over diverted Papal donations

AP 10/14/2017

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican trial over $500,000 in donations to the pope’s pediatric hospital that were diverted to renovate a cardinal’s penthouse is reaching its conclusion, with neither the cardinal who benefited nor the contractor who…

Pope urges everyone to pray for peace

Doris C. Bongcac 06/07/2017

CEBU CITY– Pray for peace. At 1 p.m. on Thursday, Pope Francis invited everyone to stop their daily activities, dedicate a minute to reflect and pray according to one’s own religious tradition, and to commit themselves to…

Reach out to people like drug surrenderers

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/13/2016

Jubilee Door closed; faithful urged to spread God’s mercy The faithful in Cebu are encouraged to reach out to the people in the periphery of society which included the many prisoners and drug surrenderers, who have not…

‘Make her known throughout the world’

Sofia Aliño Logarta 09/07/2016

One hundred fifty years ago Pope Pius IX granted the request of the Redemptorists to have the icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help so that it “can be placed in the newly built Church of the…

Some joke

Editorial 08/31/2016

To be exact, President Rodrigo Duterte didn’t say outright that the country was leaving the United Nations (UN) immediately or in the near future. He was said to have been ticked off by an American reporter who…

Couching tiger

Francis T.J. Ochoa 08/19/2016

More and more people are no longer smoking because they are more aware of its hazardous consequences on one’s health. Today, however, many are not aware of a new health threat that could be as dangerous as…

Pope: Islam is not terrorism

08/02/2016

Aboard the papal plane, Pope Francis said Sunday that Islam could not be equated with terrorism and warned that Europe was pushing its young into the hands of extremists. “It’s not true and it’s not correct (to…

The four F’s

Raymund Fernandez 02/09/2016

Kinutil He came across a letter allegedly from Pope Francis, which letter was his advice for maintaining a good marriage. Francis placed great stress on forgiveness and family. This is Kinutil’s take on the same topic: Freedom…

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