More support aired for beleaguered parish priest

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/02/2017

THE parish priest of Sto. Niño Church in Santa Fe, Bantayan Island has gained a new supporter in his fight to stop a music festival from being held in the town at the height of Holy Week.…

MAYOR VS PRIEST

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Norman V. Mendoza 04/01/2017

Sta. Fe Mayor Esgana demands explanation from parish priest on prayer rally held The disagreement between local officials and the community-backed priest on the amount of revelry to be allowed in Sta. Fe town on Bantayan Island…

BREAKING: Sta. Fe Mayor to file a case against parish priest

Norman V. Mendoza 04/01/2017

Sta. Fe Mayor Jose Esgana will be filing a case against their parish priest Fr. Roy Bucag who spearheaded a prayer rally Saturday dawn. Esgana cited three violations of the parish priest, which includes failure to secure…

MAO BA?

Editorial 03/30/2017

GOD, NOT SELF Does God need human beings? Not so, a priest said. “God does not need us for Him to be happy or to be complete. He created human beings out of love. He created us,…

Palma prohibits priests from joining Tokhang

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/14/2017

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma ordered all priests in the archdiocese not to join the Oplan Tokhang or any anti-illegal drugs operations of the police. In yesterday’s press conference, the 66-year-old prelate said taking part in police operations…

Reign of terror

Editorial 02/08/2017

The recent debate between the Catholic Church and the Duterte administration in the war against illegal drugs came amid two major developments: one, an Amnesty International report that accused the government of tolerating not only a culture…

Oslob controversies, ca. 1882

Jobers R. Bersales 02/01/2017

In 1882, Fray Gregorio Ros, OSA, parish priest of Oslob, answered a set of 81 questions that, like the previous set of articles on Toledo in this space last month, provides us today an intriguing glimpse of…

Sto. Niño priests ask devotees to stop using balloons

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/03/2017

The Augustinian fathers made an appeal to those who will be participating in this year’s Sinulog celebrations to stop the practice of releasing balloons, with prayers written on slips tied to the tails. The 452nd Fiesta Señor…

Fount of novelty

Jason A. Baguia 12/30/2016

This ship has circled the sun once more. Tomorrow shall be the first of another 365 days. But for today, the last of the year, priests across the globe turn again to the evangelist John, to his…

Fr. Maniyangat healing mass live on CCTN

PR 12/15/2016

THE Eucharistic Healing Mass of Fr. Jose Maniyangat at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow, Dec. 16, at the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Capitol) Parish will be telecast live at CCTN channel 47. This is to extend participation…

Priest, 5 deacons ordained

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/06/2016

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma yesterday ordained a priest and five new deacons in solemn rites at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral in downtown Cebu City. With over 400 diocesan priests and about 200 others from various religious congregations,…

Palma ordains five new deacons, priest

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/06/2016

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has ordained five new deacons and a priest in solemn rites at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral in downtown Cebu City on Tuesday morning. With over 400 diocesan priests and about 200 others from…

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