By CBCP News December 4, 2018 Manila, Philippines Pope Francis has recognized the Philippines as among the best Catholic nations in the world. The pontiff particularly noted... Read more
A file image of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivering a speech at a police function in Manila on Aug. 8. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has renewed... Read more
ucanews.com reporter, Manila Philippines November 14, 2018 A group of young Catholics calling themselves “online missionaries” will hold a social media summit aimed at discoverin... Read more
Pope Francis issued a decree Thursday advancing the sainthood cause of Bishop Alredo Obviar, declaring him “venerable”. The pope recognized that Obviar, the first bishop of Lucena, lived the... Read more
Case of Patricia Fox underlines Duterte administration’s intolerance of criticism Sister Patricia Fox, an Australian nun, was ordered to be deported from the Philippines by President R... Read more
A Catholic nun who has been active in social justice issues in the southern Philippines is fearing for her life after she was tagged as a communist by the military. Sister Susan Bolan... Read more
A campaign against gambling recently launched by a Catholic diocese in the southern Philippines is proving a success after a mayor pledged to remove lottery booths in his city. Marbel... Read more
A few weeks after the abduction of my son Jonas, I joined a group of relatives of victims of enforced disappearances along with a few priests and nuns to have a dialogue with a number of bis... Read more
A product of the Benedictines, a long time envoy nominated as ambassador to the Vatican understood and had embraced the spirit St. Benedict, whose motto was “ora et labora,” – “prayer and wo... Read more
There’s only a month to go until the incorrupt heart relic of St. Padre Pio, a Capuchin priest who bore stigmata of Jesus, touches down in the Philippines. The cities of Manila, Cebu and Dav... Read more
