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Oldest known Hebrew Bible displayed in Israel ahead of sale

Alexandra Vardi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 22 10:21 PM

The oldest known near-complete Hebrew Bible was presented to the press on Wednesday in Tel Aviv, where it will be displayed for a week before going under the hammer in New York. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 16, 2023

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 12:19 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Oldest Hebrew Bible up for auction

Justin Lane, EPA-EFE
Updated as of Feb 16 10:12 AM

Codex Sassoon, the earliest and most complete known Hebrew Bible, dating from the late ninth to early tenth century, is expected to sell for USD 30 to 50 million ( 1.6 billion to 2.7 billion pesos). Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 29, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 11:55 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Looking for the Dead Sea Scrolls

Abir Sultan, EPA-EFE
Posted at Dec 29 10:51 AM

Israel is in the midst of searching caves in the Judean Desert with the expectation to find pieces of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Read more »

Old Testament battles confirmed in new study

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Nov 01 05:32 AM

Geomagnetic data can pinpoint the dates of biblical military campaigns. WIll it solve or start debates? Read more »

Thai action BL series 'KinnPorsche' cast visits Manila

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 07:59 PM

The cast of the Thai action boys' love series 'KinnPorsche' visited their fans in Manila with various tricks in their bag last Saturday night. Read more »

Nigeria police rescue dozens, including children, held in church

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 04 01:28 PM

Nigerian police have rescued dozens of people, including many children, from a church basement where they had been told to wait for what they believed would be second coming of Christ, police said. Read more »

Marcos Jr. uses Bible from dad's 1965 inauguration

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 08:12 PM

President Bongbong Marcos took his oath Thursday as the country's 17th leader using the Bible that was also used during his father's 1965 presidential inauguration. Read more »

Catholic priests in PH turn TikTok into virtual pulpit

Mikhail Flores and Lucille Sodipe, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 23 03:03 PM

After delivering sermons and visiting slums, Philippine priest Fiel Pareja tends to his Gen-Z flock on TikTok, creating videos of himself praying, dancing and lip-syncing Christian pop music for 1.6 million followers. Read more »

PHOTO ESSAY: A drone's eye view of the Holy Land as Christians look to Easter

Stephen Farrell, Reuters
Updated as of Apr 05 04:01 PM

JERUSALEM - Seen from the air, the fragility of humanity as it must have been in the Holy Land in centuries past is plain to see - ancient monasteries clinging to precipices, tiny fishing boats on the Sea of Galilee, deserts gnawing at the edges of towns. Read more »

Bersyon ng Bibliya gamit ang lenggwahe ng mga kabataan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 07:14 PM

Para maabot ang mas maraming mananampalataya, may bersyon na ang Bibliya sa lenggwaheng ginagamit at naiintindihan ng kabataan.  Read more »

On National Bible Day, senators highlight role of faith to survive pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 10:37 PM

"Amid the pandemic, the sickness, and loneliness, many of our Kababayans feel impossible to navigate their way out... This is the reason why we should more bring the Bible closer to our kababayans and to encourage them to read the Bible to learn wisdom and find hope and experience the transformative power of the Word of God," Villanueva said. Read more »

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, religious group changes tack in preaching

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 03:10 AM

MANILA -- A religious organization known for its house-to-house preaching activity is now using alternative methods of reaching people with their Bible message through letter writing and distributing reading materials instead.  Read more »

Bible burning video from Kremlin-backed news agency goes viral

Matthew Rosenberg and Julian E. Barnes, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 12 07:02 AM

WASHINGTON — For some of President Donald Trump’s loudest cheerleaders, it was a story too good to check out: Black Lives Matters protesters in Portland, Oregon, had burned a stack of Bibles, and then topped off the fire with American flags. There was even a video to prove it. Read more »

Jehovah’s Witnesses in PH shift to streaming platform for global convention at home

Marian Pausanos
Posted at Aug 08 01:26 AM

Thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Philippines will be holding their religious convention from home through an online streaming platform as part of the organization’s efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more »

Pacquiao: Gov’t ‘biblically’ allowed to impose death penalty on heinous crimes

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 08:47 PM

Pacquiao, a devout Christian, has repeatedly pushed for the reimposition of capital punishment since 2016, saying even Jesus Christ was sentenced to death. Read more »

Opinion: Why the most abused verse from the Bible has resurfaced in light of the Anti-terror bill

ANCX
Posted at Jun 19 12:42 PM

Romans 13:1-7 has played a huge part in shaping our beliefs and attitude towards the government, for both good and bad, and we need to come to terms with it. By AUDREY CARPIO Read more »