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Public masses in Singapore suspended amid coronavirus outbreak

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 06:27 PM

All public Masses in Singapore starting Saturday, Feb. 15 are suspended indefinitely to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore said Friday. Read more »

Chinese, Vatican foreign ministers hold first meeting

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 15 02:54 PM

The talks between China's Wang Yi and Archbishop Paul Gallagher in Munich, Germany on Friday come as relations between the 2 sides steadily improve following a landmark agreement on the appointment of bishops in 2018. Read more »

Pope Francis sides with traditionalists on priest celibacy

Catherine Marciano and Alexandria Sage, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 15 01:26 PM

In quashing the idea of married priests in the Amazon, Pope Francis has appeased traditionalists while disappointing progressives who had hoped for a historic turning point in the Catholic church. Read more »

Hong Kong suspends public Masses, Ash Wednesday liturgy due to COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 13 04:58 PM

The Catholic Church in Hong Kong has decided to suspend all public Masses and the liturgy of Ash Wednesday for two weeks due to the threat of COVID-19 outbreak. Read more »

Amazon Catholics pledge to press on after Pope says no to married priests

Gabriel Stargardter and Maria Cervantes, Reuters
Posted at Feb 13 08:00 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO/LIMA - Catholic communities across the Amazon said they would keep pushing for married men to be allowed to celebrate Mass in the remote rainforest region, after a papal decision on Wednesday blocked their path to the priesthood. Read more »

Pope Francis dismisses proposal to ordain married men as priests in Amazon

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Feb 12 07:51 PM

The recommendation, put forward by Latin American bishops last year, had alarmed conservatives in the deeply polarized 1.3 billion-member Roman Catholic Church, who feared it could lead to a change in the centuries-old commitment to celibacy among priests. Read more »

Tagle leaves for Rome as Manila archdiocese turns 'sede vacante'

Erik Tenedero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 08:57 PM

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has left for Rome to assume his new post as prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Read more »

Bawal hawak-kamay, palitan ang Holy Water: Paalala ng Simbahan sa panahon ng coronavirus

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 30 12:44 PM

Nagpalabas na ng panuntunan ang Simbahang Katolika sa Pilipinas para sa mga mananampalataya laban sa nakahahawang novel coronavirus o 2019-nCoV. Read more »

'You'll never walk alone': Filipino bishops bid Cardinal Tagle goodbye

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 10:12 PM

Filipino bishops gathered Sunday evening to bid outgoing Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle goodbye as he prepares to leave for his new position in Rome.   Read more »

Bishops, priests pray over Vatican-bound Tagle

Erik Tenedero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 27 09:32 PM

MANILA - In an emotion-filled thanksgiving Mass at the Manila Cathedral on Monday, bishops, priests, and the laypersons prayed over Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle as he prepares to leave for his new Vatican post. Read more »

US Vice President Pence meets Pope Francis, jokes 'You have made me a hero'

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Jan 24 11:25 PM

Pence, a former altar boy who had a strict Irish Catholic upbringing but later converted to evangelical Protestantism, appeared to be referring to the fact that the rest of his family had stayed in the Roman Catholic Church and that his departure from the faith had put some strain on family relations. Read more »

Teary-eyed Cardinal Tagle bids hometown Imus farewell

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 09:17 PM

"Dito po ako bininyagan. Dito sa simbahang ito nagsimula ang aking pagiging Kristiyano. Dito rin ako naordinahang pari, naordinahang obispo." Read more »

Gag order? Catholic bishops 'silent' despite tirades, says Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 09:13 AM

Are Catholic bishops gagged from speaking against President Duterte? Read more »

Retired Pope Benedict XVI's shadow in Vatican spotlight

Ella Ide, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 17 12:18 AM

This week, Benedict's contribution to a book on celibacy was seen as a strategic attempt to undermine his successor Pope Francis and boost the cause of a combative ultra-conservative wing of the Church. Read more »

2 Popes? Ex-pope's shadow Vatican role in the spotlight

Ella Ide, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 12:55 PM

While he initially stuck to his promise to carry out a life of quiet contemplation and academic research, ex-pope Benedict XVI has since weighed in on the explosive issues of clerical sex abuse and whether the priesthood could be opened to married men.   Read more »

Pope Francis repeats support for celibacy after Benedict outburst

Ella Ide, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 01:00 PM

Pope Francis on Monday repeated his support for celibacy after his predecessor pope Benedict XVI urged him not to open the Catholic priesthood up to married men, in a plea that stunned Vatican experts. Read more »

Cleared in sex abuse case, healing priest wants bishops to lift ban

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 12:31 PM

Fr. Fernando Suarez, 53, said there was no more reason to prevent him from practicing his healing ministry in at least 4 dioceses that earlier shut their doors on him and members of his Missionaries of Mary Mother of the Poor. Read more »

Pope Francis appeals to US and Iran to pursue dialogue, self-restraint

Reuters
Posted at Jan 09 08:26 PM

The Pope made his appeal, his first direct comment on the current crisis, in a yearly speech that has come to be known as his "State of the World" address to ambassadors accredited to the Vatican. Read more »

Mayor Isko considers more changes in Traslacion 2021

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 09 06:33 PM

The capital city may implement more changes in the Traslacion 2021 after several changes in this year’s procession sped up the Philippines’ largest religious procession, Mayor Isko Moreno said Thursday.   Read more »

Christ's bodyguards: the men protecting the Philippines' revered Catholic icon

Ron Lopez, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 09 04:49 PM

The protectors served as human shields on Thursday, as they do every year, during the procession through Manila of the historic statue of Jesus Christ that believers say grants miracles to those who touch it. Read more »