LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – The parish priest of the Nuestra Señora de Regla Parish National Shrine is urging the Roman Catholics, especially the Oponganons, not to waste the opportunity for them to venerate and repent this Holy…
CEBU CITY, Cebu, Philippines — Instead of going to the beach, the Catholic faithful should spend the Lenten break reflecting and praying in church, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said on Sunday. The prelate said the Holy Week…
It was Holy Week of 2012 when I accompanied my Filipino Australian cousin Jeremy Baltazar to witness one of what can be considered the extreme acts of devotion in the Philippines, the flagellants doing the “penitensya”. Jeremy said…
CEBU, Philippines — Actress Jodi Sta. Maria marked her 40th birthday on Thursday, June 16, 2022. On Instagram, she posted a photo of her taken by her son, Thirdy, in Prague, Czech Republic. She captioned it with…
CEBU, Philippines—A three-year-old boy from Barangay Balud in Dalaguete town, southern Cebu is proving to be a mini Christopher Cross. Aiden Joseph Niere Cortes can be seen and heard belting out a gutsy rendition of Cross’ hit…
Being a predominantly Catholic nation, Filipinos regard the Lenten season as one of the most important religious events observed in the country. It is during this time where Filipino Catholics focus on growing closer to God through…
Cebu City, Philippines—Next week marks the Holy Week and people will start flocking churches and pilgrimage areas to pray and reflect. This year a new kind of stations of the cross offer a more reflective and interactive…
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said that while he will leave the anti-drug campaign up to the “wisdom of the government,” certain actions called for scrutiny, reflection and discernment. Palma was reacting to statements of President Rodrigo…
THE rising number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases inside the Cebu City Jail and the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) should be a cause for reflection, said Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma as he called…
Whenever I open the door of our little garden house, I see weeds in between the cement tiles that we had put in at the patio. We had filled up the space between tiles with gravel, but…
In 1953, Nikos Kazantzakis published a novel entitled, “The Greek Passion.” It is set in the 1920s, towards the end of the Greco-Turkish war. The village of Lycovrissi, which lies inside Turkey, holds a live Passion play…
From where I sat I had a view of the street through the pane, and seeing the flow of people and cars and far off the occasional flight of birds added a special condiment to my cappuccino.…
