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Pope Francis in Thailand

Thai Organizing Committee, AFP
Posted at Nov 20 07:19 PM

In this handout photo released and taken by the Thai Organizing Committee on November 20, 2019, Pope Francis greets a Thai child during arrival at the Military Air Terminal at Don Muang airport in Bangkok. Read more »

Small in numbers, Thai Catholics preserve centuries-old traditions

Panu Wongcha-um, Reuters
Posted at Nov 19 08:01 PM

In overwhelmingly Buddhist Thailand, Catholics number just a little more than 380,000 in a country of more than 65 million. Read more »

Bishops laud Robredo's 'bold decision' to accept anti-drug position

Erik Tenedero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 07:06 PM

Catholic bishops, who are some of the fiercest critics of the government's bloody war against the illegal drugs, praised Vice President Leni Robredo's decision to accept her designation as co-chairperson of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD).  Read more »

'Earthquake not God’s punishment' - Kidapawan Bishop

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 04 06:01 PM

Tragedies are trials, not punishment from God. Read more »

'Tired of NY?' Pope Francis appoints Filipino archbishop to Spain

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 09:05 AM

NEW YORK - After serving as Apostolic Nuncio and permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, Archbishop Bernardito Auza has been given a new assignment. Read more »

Vatican assembly to vote on proposing legalization of priesthood for women, married men

Catherine Marciano, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 26 05:48 PM

Catholic bishops gathered at a special Vatican assembly will vote Saturday on whether to recommend Pope Francis to open the priesthood to married men or create female deacons, issues that are taboo for traditionalists. Read more »

Sorsogon celebrates 450th anniversary of 1st Catholic mass in Luzon

Karren Canon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 20 08:56 AM

Catholic faithful from different parts of the Philippines celebrated Saturday the 450th anniversary of the first Holy Mass in Luzon, which happened in Sorsogon province in 1569. Read more »

Nearly 1 billion euros raised, pledged for Notre-Dame cathedral rebuild

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 16 12:10 AM

Six months after a blaze caused devastating damage to Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral, nearly one billion euros have been paid or pledged to rebuild the edifice, France's culture minister said Tuesday. Read more »

Catholic Church called to plug priest gap with laywomen

Catherine Marciano, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 11 10:00 PM

A week ahead of the bishops' assembly on the Amazon, Pope Francis suggested that laymen and women could be given a formal Bible reading "ministry." Read more »

'Bakit ako?': 'Healing priest' Suarez airs side on Malaybalay 'ban'

Aleta Nieva- Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 05:17 PM

"Bakit ako? Ininvite lang naman ako...," Fr. Fernando Suarez told ABS-CBN News. "May kulto ba akong ginagawa? Meron ba akong crime?" Read more »

Married priests question raises fears of Church split

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 11:32 AM

VATICAN CITY, Holy See - An idea to fill empty pulpits in remote locations by allowing married men to become priests is bitterly dividing a Vatican assembly, with critics warning the emotive issue could fracture the Catholic Church. Read more »

'Healing priest' barred in Malaybalay diocese

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 09 07:20 PM

The bishop of Malaybalay in Bukidnon has joined a number of prelates who barred "healing priest" Rev. Fr. Fernando Suarez in their dioceses.    Read more »

Pope Francis moves anti-communist cardinal closer to sainthood

Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 06:46 PM

Pope Francis has recognized a miracle attributed to the late Polish Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, a revered icon of his country's resistance to communism in the post-war period, a step that moves him closer to sainthood. Read more »

Filipino archbishop named Papal nuncio to Spain

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 03 04:50 PM

Pope Francis has appointed a Filipino archbishop from Bohol as the new apostolic nuncio to Spain. Read more »

Prayerful Chief Justice hopeful Jose Reyes tags premarital sex as immoral

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 07:17 PM

A Supreme Court justice vying to be the next chief justice said Wednesday he believes premarital sex between 2 unmarried people is immoral. Read more »

It's complicated: The battle for divorce law in Catholic Philippines

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 25 04:45 PM

Committee hearings on an “absolute divorce” bill began last week, a first in the Senate.  Read more »

In remote Amazon, indigenous married Catholics spread gospel, pray for priesthood

Maria Cervantes, Reuters
Posted at Sep 24 06:24 PM

Whispering "Jesusan namanguinde," or "the body of Christ" in the tongue of the indigenous Achuar people, Yampik gives communion bread to villagers in a small chapel amid a loud chorus of birds and insects outside. Read more »

Publiko, pinag-iingat sa mga pekeng pari sa Antipolo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 09:44 PM

Nagsasagawa umano ng house blessing ang mga pekeng pari at nanghihingi ng pera o gift card, ayon sa archdiocese ng lungsod. Read more »

Pope Francis decries euthanasia as top Italy court considers assisted suicide

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 20 09:17 PM

Pope Francis on Friday again spoke out against assisted suicide and euthanasia, days before a top Italian court is to examine the thorny question in the largely Roman Catholic country. Read more »

Cardinal Pell files High Court appeal against child sex conviction

Holly Robertson, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 17 06:19 PM

Disgraced Cardinal George Pell lodged an appeal against his child sex abuse convictions in Australia's High Court on Tuesday, an official in Canberra said.   Read more »