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Tondo celebrates Feast of Sto. Niño

Basilio H. Sepe, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 10:05 PM

Catholic devotees raise their images of a baby Jesus as priests shower them with holy water during the Feast of Sto. Nino at the Tondo Church in Manila on Sunday. Read more »

Duterte: ‘There’s a part of me which is Islam’

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 08:05 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday heaped praise on Allah, as he again blasted members of the Catholic clergy. Read more »

Rock and roll nuns to perform for pope in Panama

Roberto Cortijo, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 17 03:59 PM

With millions of YouTube views and hits on Spotify and iTunes, a group of young nun rockers play one of their biggest gigs next week, and thousands of Catholics, including the pope himself, will lap it up. Read more »

Pinoys hope to get tickets to Pope Francis mass in UAE

Rachel Salinel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 09:00 PM

DUBAI - Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates are praying to be among a limited number of Catholics who may take part in a mass to be led by Pope Francis in Abu Dhabi on February 5.    Read more »

Bacani: Hard to probe Duterte's priest abuse claim as clergyman already dead

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 08:56 PM

MANILA - Investigating President Rodrigo Duterte's claim of being abused by a priest when he was young is difficult as the clergyman is already dead, Novaliches Bishop Emeritus Teodoro Bacani said.   Read more »

'Not worth listening to': Bacani says Duterte 'silly, ignorant' on religion

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 08:55 PM

According to Bacani, it was silly of Duterte to question the doctrine of the Trinity. Read more »

Archbishop Villegas says he's more worried for Duterte than the Church

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 07:02 PM

MANILA - Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said he is more worried that President Rodrigo Duterte's attacks on the Catholic Church will impact him more than affect the religious institution. Read more »

Turin, Italy to host European Sinulog Festival on Jan 27

Maricel Burgonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 09:56 AM

TURIN, Italy - The Filipino communities in Europe will celebrate the Sinulog Festival or the Feast of the Sto. Niño de Cebu in a grand procession in Turin on January 27, 2019.  Read more »

Millions in India gather for world's largest religious event

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 07:12 AM

The largest religious gathering anywhere on earth gets under way Tuesday, with tens of millions of Hindu pilgrims congregating in India to bathe in sacred rivers for the Kumbh Mela. 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 »

Framing Pope Francis

Andreas Solaro, AFP
Posted at Jan 10 08:47 PM

The Catholic faithful greet Pope Francis (rear) and take photos of him using their mobile phones upon his arrival for the weekly general audience on Wednesday at Paul-VI hall in the Vatican.  Read more »

Duterte declares National Bible Day a working holiday

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 07:33 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law Republic Act (RA) 11163 which makes National Bible Day a special working holiday. Read more »

Black Nazarene procession, rites drew 4 million faithful - police

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 11:17 PM

Some 4 million Catholics joined the annual procession of the Black Nazarene in the capital and other activities in its lead-up, police said Thursday.  Read more »

Celebrating Faith: 2019 Traslacion

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 11 12:34 AM

Millions joined the 2019 Traslacion in Manila Wednesday to see the transfer of the Image of the Black Nazarene from Intramuros to its current home at the Basilica Minor of the Black Nazarene. Read more »

Simbahan pansamantalang ipinasara matapos pagnakawan ng sacred host

Kevin Dinglasan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 06:32 PM

SAN JUAN, Batangas – Pansamantalang ipinasara ng pamunuan ng Simbahang Katolika sa Batangas ang isang parokya matapos na pagnakawan.   Read more »

Traslacion ends at 2AM

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 01:24 PM

Devotees jostle with each other to touch the rope as the image of the Black Nazarene arrives at the Plaza Miranda in Manila at 2:04am on Thursday. Read more »

View from the top: Black Nazarene procession

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 09 06:42 PM

Devotees jostle for position around the image of the Black Nazarene as the Traslacion passes Quezon Bridge in Manila. Read more »

Black Nazarene devotees take a rest

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 09 04:29 PM

Devotees take a rest as they wait for the procession of the Black Nazarene at an alley on Quintin Paredes in Manila Read more »

Traslacion crosses Jones Bridge

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 09 04:28 PM

A crowd of devotees packs the two lanes of Jones Bridge in Manila as the Traslacion, the annual procession of the image of the Black Nazarene. Read more »

Hordes hoping for miracle throng Traslacion

Ayee Macaraig, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 09 12:17 PM

Throngs of believers flung themselves at a historic statue of Jesus Christ as it inched through Manila on Wednesday for an annual procession that is one of the world's biggest shows of Catholic zeal. Read more »