TACLOBAN CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Policemen in Eastern Visayas are intensifying efforts to locate a parish priest from Babatngon town in Leyte who has been missing since Tuesday, December 23. Police Capt. Junriel Rosario, chief of the…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Archdiocese of Cebu confirmed that a 68-year-old priest died by suicide following a mental health breakdown. Rev. Fr. Decoroso “Cocoi” Olmilla, a priest of San Fernando El Rey Parish in Liloan, northern…
TACLOBAN CITY—The Order of the Discalced Augustinians (OAD) has suspended Fr. Libby Daños, one of its pioneering priests in Asia, after he was found to have joined the blessing of a Masonic marker in Ormoc City, an…
LOS ANGELES – A Catholic monsignor, who alleges in a lawsuit that Grindr’s improper sharing of his private information has derailed his hope to be a bishop, says in new court papers that he had no idea when he…
LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan priest had his license revoked by the Anglican Catholic Church after he mimicked a straight-arm gesture performed by Elon Musk during a speech earlier this month that some have interpreted as a…
SINGAPORE — The 37-year-old Singaporean Sinhalese man who was arrested for stabbing a priest at a church in Bukit Timah on Nov 9 had done so with a folding knife during communion, said the police in the…
MANILA, Philippines — Pope Francis has appointed a Filipino missionary priest as one of two new auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Melbourne in Australia. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines news website said the Vatican…
MANILA, Philippines — An elderly priest from Baguio City was wounded after being hit by a stray bullet during the New Year’s Day celebration, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said on Wednesday. The 60-year-old…
MOBILE, Alabama— State records show that a suspended Alabama priest recently married the 18-year-old woman he fled to Italy with this summer, and an archbishop said Wednesday that he expects the Vatican to pursue the man’s official…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—In the bustling city of Cebu, where Cebuano is the language of the streets, learning the local language is an essential part of any foreign visitor in order to navigate, adapt and understand the local…
The story is told about a little boy who approached the priest after the mass and told him: “Father, I would like to give you my allowance money which I saved this week.” When the priest asked…
BACOLOD CITY—A Catholic priest is facing charges for allegedly raping a 17-year-old choir girl in Sagay City, Negros Occidental, in 2022. Fr. Conrado Ursua Mantac, 62, did not resist when arrested by the police at Camelot Subdivision…
