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Why we really need to count our blessings

Robert Labayen
Updated as of Jul 22 12:18 PM

Some of us may not have a family, or healthy lungs and limbs or a steady job. But all of us have many other things, more than what we can name within a whole day. Read more »

Duterte: I am a deeply religious person

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 06:34 PM

His disdain for the Catholic Church is no secret but President Rodrigo Duterte asserts that he is a “deeply religious person.”   Read more »

Ama ng binatilyong idineklarang 'Servant of God' nakalaya na sa kulungan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 12:58 AM

Humingi siya ng pasensiya dahil sa mga naging pagkukulang sa anak, bagama't ikinatutuwa niya na posibleng maging santo ang anak. Read more »

Pagdeklarang Servant of God kay Darwin Ramos, ikinatuwa ng mga kaanak

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 05 08:31 PM

Puno ng saya ang mga magulang at kapatid ni Darwin Ramos matapos itong ideklara ng Vatican bilang Servant of God.  Read more »

Vatican declares Pinoy teen ‘Servant of God,’ a step closer to sainthood

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 01 09:17 PM

A Filipino teen who spent most of his life helping street children before dying of an illness has been declared "Servant of God", a step closer to sainthood. Read more »

‘Na-timing lang’: Duterte says his presidency a ‘gift from God’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 02:30 AM

President Duterte believes God gifted him the presidency as the country, he said on Wednesday, was becoming a narco-state. Read more »

‘I believe in God at takot ako sa karma’ — Duterte

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 02:02 AM

His recent remarks appear to be a departure from his statements on Tuesday, when he mocked the Catholic Church and its beliefs. Read more »

How the Station of the Cross became a yearly tradition at Bonifacio High Street

ANCX
Updated as of Apr 17 11:59 PM

More than 10 years ago, a young group of Christians called Church Simplified started a Holy Week tradition at Bonifacio High Street. Called Walkway, it featured an interactive interpretation of the Stations of the Cross as well as a free concert on Easter Sunday Read more »

This former drug addict who attempted to kill his family now ministers tokhang surrenderees

Darleen Sy
Updated as of Apr 19 02:10 PM

“Hindi bale makapatay ka, basta wag ka mag-drugs.” Danny Urquico followed in his father’s dangerous footsteps and twisted mind before hitting rock bottom: holding his wife and children at gunpoint. Read more »

Review: Breakthrough’s unshakeable faith saps it of any real drama

Andrew Paredes
Posted at Apr 12 02:17 PM

The script and direction are generic at best, putting the film’s emotional weight on Chrissy Metz, an accessible actress whose charisma lies in her ordinariness. Read more »

Duterte attacks vs God, bishops push Filipinos to cast 'Catholic vote': opposition bets

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 11:42 PM

A"sharp divide" between candidates who tolerate Duterte's ramblings and those who criticize him for it "can generate a Catholic vote," one senatorial aspirant said. Read more »

3 priests claim receiving threats after criticizing Duterte policies

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 11 06:15 PM

Catholic priests Albert Alejo, Flavie Villanueva, and Robert Reyes revealed Monday that they have been receiving threats amid their continued fight against the policies of the Duterte administration including alleged extra-judicial killings of drug suspects. Read more »

Morgan Freeman explores faith in 'Story of God'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 02 05:51 PM

During his career as an actor, Morgan Freeman has played the role of God. In real life, he claims to be "undeniably" a believer. Read more »

Sotto wants to broker peace between Duterte, bishops

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 04:50 PM

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday said he is trying to broker peace between President Duterte and Catholic Church leaders, saying he is uncomfortable with the ongoing word war between the 2 camps.  Read more »

Britain commissions review of Christian persecution worldwide

Reuters
Posted at Dec 26 08:20 AM

LONDON - Britain has commissioned an independent review into the persecution of Christians to find practical steps to support followers of a religion that it said has been subject to a dramatic rise in violence worldwide. Read more »

Chinese police detain prominent 'house' church leaders

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 04:18 PM

BEIJING - Police have detained dozens of churchgoers and leaders of one of China's most prominent Protestant "house" churches, congregation members and activists said, in the latest government action against unregistered religious groups. Read more »

Prelate on Duterte 'kill useless bishops' threat: Love your enemies

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 01:55 PM

A Catholic priest who has been on the receiving end of President Rodrigo Duterte's tirades is turning the other cheek when it comes to the President's latest rant to "kill useless bishops." Read more »

Duterte: People should stop going to church

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 26 06:28 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday made a renewed attack on the Catholic Church, suggesting that people should no longer go to the Church and instead make their own chapels at home. Read more »

Christian group youths among Itogon landslide victims

Justin Aguilar, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 10:16 PM

Pastor Bonifacio Patlong was in Kalinga when their chapel in Ucab, Itogon got buried in a landslide.   Read more »

Duterte: 'Reserve the hottest place in hell for me'

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 08:18 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday questioned anew the concept of heaven and hell, saying he would be glad to be placed in its hottest spot if it exists at all. Read more »