Student may be excommunicated over sacred host controversy—CBCP
A student of the Ateneo de Manila University who made the consecrated host a subject of his food review may ...
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CBCP pays tribute to ‘Pope of Charity’
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines paid tribute to the Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who passed away yesterday, saying ...
Read moreCBCP: No law quiets Church on poll activity
No law prohibits any church or religion to speak up and participate in political affairs, the Catholic Bishops Conference of ...
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Cayetano: ‘Be more critical of e-sabong’
Taguig City Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano is challenging colleagues to be more critical of the 25-year franchise applications from e-sabong ...
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Lacson withdraws bill seeking to revive death penalty
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson withdrew this week his authorship of a bill seeking to reinstitute the death penalty for heinous ...
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3 priests enter poll race, lose pastoral duties
Three Catholic priests in the Philippines – two in Bicol and one in Mindanao -- have been permanently relieved of ...
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Pope Francis grants jubilee year to Manila
Pope Francis has granted a jubilee year with the built-in plenary indulgence, or remission of the entire temporal punishment for sin, ...
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Bishops launch Laudato program of action, justice
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, through the Inter-Commission Working Group with the Global Catholic Climate Movement – Pilipinas, ...
Read moreNew normal: Use of cotton balls, sprinkling of ash for Holy Week
This year’s Ash Wednesday would make use of cotton balls for the faithful who wish to have ash on their ...
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Cardinal Tagle catches COVID; Palace, CBCP ask for prayers
Former Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, who arrived in Manila from Rome on Thursday, has tested positive for the ...
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