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Pope Francis moves slain Salvadoran priest, icon for poor, closer to sainthood

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Feb 22 09:05 PM

The Vatican said the Pope had approved a decree recognizing that Fr. Rutilio Grande and two lay Salvadorans were killed "in hatred of the faith." Read more »

South Korea reports 48 more coronavirus cases, total 204: authorities

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 21 07:22 PM

South Korea reported 48 more coronavirus cases Friday afternoon, adding to 52 it announced in the morning, bringing the nationwide total to 204. Read more »

Pius XII helped Jews behind the scenes during Holocaust: Vatican

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Feb 21 12:39 AM

The Vatican says Pius worked quietly to save Jews and thereby not worsen the situation for many others at risk, including Catholics in parts of Nazi-occupied Europe. Read more »

'Like a zombie apocalypse': Residents on edge as COVID-19 cases surge in S.Korea

Hyonhee Shin and Sangmi Cha, Reuters
Posted at Feb 20 06:50 PM

Korea's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported 53 new cases of the virus on Thursday, following 20 a day earlier, taking the total across the country to 104. Read more »

Clergy told to sprinkle dry ashes instead of marking foreheads on Ash Wednesday

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 03:44 PM

The CBCP on Thursday told clergymen to sprinkle dry ashes on the head instead of applying wet ashes on a person's forehead on Ash Wednesday in a bid to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).  Read more »

S.Korea reports spike in new virus cases linked to church services

Sangmi Cha and Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Feb 20 10:16 AM

South Korea's government reported 31 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, after a new outbreak traced to church services in the southwestern city of Daegu, bringing the number of people infected in the country to 82. Read more »

CBCP's exec suggests sprinkling of dry ashes instead of marking foreheads amid COVID-19 outbreak

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 07:57 PM

In other parts of the world like in Rome, the sprinkling of dry ashes on the head is the more common practice.  Read more »

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 »

Archbishop Villegas prays for ABS-CBN franchise renewal

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 02:38 PM

Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas on Wednesday said he was praying for the renewal of ABS-CBN Corp's franchise, which the government's top lawyer sought to nullify.  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 »

10 sugatan matapos araruhin ng SUV sa tapat ng Baclaran Church

Jeffrey Hernaez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 09:18 PM

(2nd UPDATE) Sampung tao ang sugatan matapos araruhin ng isang SUV sa may tapat ng Baclaran Church sa Parañaque City pasado alas-9 ng gabi, Miyerkoles. 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 »

Anglican leader calls his Church 'deeply institutionally racist'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 12 07:26 PM

Anglican clerics adopted a motion late on Tuesday seeking forgiveness from the so-called Windrush generation that moved to Britain from former Caribbean colonies since 1948. 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 »

Drug war critic is new Manila archdiocese administrator

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 10 12:50 PM

Pope Francis has appointed a critic of President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-narcotics drive as the administrator of the Philippine capital's archdiocese, officials of the Manila Cathedral said Monday.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 7, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 01:54 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Love conquers 2019-nCoV

Jung Yeon-je, AFP
Posted at Feb 07 03:39 PM

A couple wearing protective face masks attend a mass wedding ceremony organized by the Unification Church at Cheongshim Peace World Center in Gapyeong on Friday.  Read more »