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Digital experts bolster church group’s fight vs fake news in 2019 polls

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 16 05:50 PM

A church-based election watchdog has beefed up its board with more information technology experts to help combat fake news spread online in next year’s midterm elections, its new chief said Friday. Read more »

Traslacion 2019 to feature Black Nazarene replicas along procession route

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 02:50 PM

Devotees who find it difficult to reach the centuries-old image of Christ can instead approach the replicas according to Church officials. Read more »

Pope to visit Morocco in March: Vatican

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 13 09:23 PM

VATICAN CITY- Pope Francis will visit Morocco on March 30 and 31, 2019 on a trip that will take him to Rabat and Casablanca, the Vatican said Tuesday. Read more »

Pope declares Lucena's first bishop 'venerable'

Erik Tenedero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 01:04 AM

A Filipino bishop is now a step closer to sainthood. Read more »

OPINION: Undas and the Saints

Tin Bartolome
Posted at Nov 07 08:44 PM

When we pay respects to our dear departed, we recognize the roles they played in our lives, we are grateful for whatever memories they left behind.  Read more »

Palace on Duterte’s remarks on saints: Just a joke, ‘not a religious slight’

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 04 02:22 AM

The President and his remarks calling saints fools and drunks seem to have been misunderstood. Read more »

Pray for Duterte, ‘a very sick man,’ Caloocan bishop urges Filipinos

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 10:46 PM

The statement by Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David came after Duterte called saints “gago” (fools) and “lasenggo” (drunk). Read more »

After saying 'emulate our saints,' Duterte calls them 'g*go,' drunkards

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 02 05:37 PM

Duterte said this on the same day he issued his message for All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day wherein he urged Filipinos to “emulate our saints.” Read more »

Priest warns: Scary costumes may be 'Satan's subliminal attack'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 01 07:15 PM

A priest has warned that dressing up as monsters or demons to celebrate Halloween is "succumbing to the attack of Satan." Read more »

OPINION: Cemetequette

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Oct 30 03:54 PM

As we troop to the cemeteries to observe All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, let’s follow "Pinoy Cemetery Etiquette."  Read more »

'Araw ng mga Santo, mga patay, dapat ituring na sagradong panahon'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 02:16 AM

Gaya ng Semana Santa, ipinapaalala ng isang alagad ng simbahan na dapat ituring na sagradong panahon ang araw ng mga santo at mga kaluluwa ng mga namayapa. Read more »

Vatican stalls on married Catholic priests

Catherine Marciano, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 27 07:52 AM

A bid by Belgium bishops to allow young married men to take the cloth has fallen flat at a Vatican meet -- though Pope Francis is considering testing out the idea in the Amazon.   Read more »

Vatican stalls on married Catholic priests

Catherine Marciano, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 26 03:00 PM

A bid by Belgium bishops to allow young married men to take the cloth has fallen flat at a Vatican meet -- though Pope Francis is considering testing out the idea in the Amazon.   Read more »

2 Pinoy priests in US accused of sexual misconduct

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 05:17 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - The Roman Catholic Church continues to grapple against allegations of widespread sexual abuse on children in several dioceses in the United States. Read more »

Pope trip to North Korea serious possibility under right conditions: Vatican

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Oct 19 06:48 PM

It would be the first by a pope to the reclusive East Asian state, which does not allow priests to be permanently stationed there. Read more »

US opens federal investigation into Catholic Church abuse

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 19 01:43 PM

The US has for the first time opened a federal investigation into abuse committed by Catholic clergy Read more »

Pinoy kids join 1 million children in global rosary prayer for peace

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 12:21 PM

MANILA - Filipino children were among one million children from at least 80 countries around the world who prayed the rosary for peace on Thursday. Read more »

Taiwan invites Pope Francis to visit, following landmark China-Vatican pact

Reuters
Posted at Oct 15 06:21 PM

TAIPEI - Taiwan has invited Pope Francis to visit, its President Tsai Ing-wen said, just weeks after the Vatican reached a milestone deal on the appointment of bishops with China, which claims the self-ruled island as its own. Read more »

Sainthood for murdered Salvadoran, Pope Paul VI

Ella Ide, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 14 10:18 AM

Slain Salvadoran archbishop Oscar Romero and Pope Paul VI, Catholic giants who sparked controversy during their lifetimes, will join the church's highest rank Sunday with an elevation to sainthood.  Read more »

Pope defrocks two Chilean bishops over sexual abuse allegations

Reuters
Posted at Oct 13 07:57 PM

Defrocking, officially called "reduced to the lay state," means they are no longer priests. Read more »