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Simbahang Katolika nanalangin para sa ulan sa gitna ng water shortage

Abner Mercado, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 17 07:17 PM

Binasa sa mga simbahang Katoliko sa buong bansa ngayong Linggo ang isang panalangin para sa ulan sa gitna ng pagrarasyon ng tubig sa ilang bahagi ng Metro Manila at mga karatig lugar.  Read more »

Sins and spirits: Thais flock to tattoo fest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 17 09:49 AM

Thousands of devotees flock to the festival so monks can bless and "recharge" their tattoos, while some receive new ones via long metal needles with countless small jabs. Read more »

Hero charged attacker during New Zealand mosque massacre: witness

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 17 04:27 PM

A survivor of the Christchurch massacre has described how a heroic worshiper at one of the targeted mosques seized an empty rifle discarded by alleged gunman Brenton Tarrant and then used it to chase their attacker away. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: MARCH 15, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 11:50 PM

Short description: Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Deadly shooting in Christchurch

Martin Hunter, SNPA via Reuters
Updated as of Mar 15 06:41 PM

An injured person is loaded into an ambulance following a shooting at the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday.  Read more »

Pell victim says 'hard to take comfort' from sentencing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 13 04:17 PM

MELBOURNE, Australia - The former choirboy molested by Australian Cardinal George Pell said Wednesday it was "hard to take comfort" from the Vatican official's sentence of six years in prison for the crime. Read more »

West using Christianity to subvert Chinese state: official

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 12 03:54 PM

BEIJING - A Chinese official accused "anti-China forces" in the West of using Christianity to subvert the country's political power and said worshippers must follow a Chinese form of religion. 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 »

Should the Catholic church unsheathe? A Samar parish priest has shown the way

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Updated as of Mar 09 03:48 PM

 When a nation’s very governance itself becomes a moral and social issue, it becomes perforce the obligation of the church to express its public participation in the conduct of her guidance and counselling over what is perceived and accepted as “the right thing to do.”  Read more »

Simbahan, nanawagan na tumulong sa kapwa ngayong kuwaresma

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 09 01:06 AM

Ngayong kuwaresma, bukod sa pag-aayuno at pagdarasal, may iba pang paraan para gunitain ito nang taimtim na nakatutulong sa mga kapuwa nating kapuspalad. Read more »

Marked for Lent

Vatcian Media, Handout/AFP
Updated as of Mar 07 03:56 PM

This photo taken and handout on March 6, 2019 by the Vatican Media shows Cardinal Jozef Tomko (R) marking the sign of the cross with ashes on the forehead of Pope Francis during Ash Wednesday mass, which opens Lent, the forty-day period of abstinence and deprivation for Christians before Holy Week and Easter, at the Santa Sabina church in Rome.  Read more »

Payo sa Ash Wednesday: Maglakbay nang walang mabigat na bagahe

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 08:53 PM

Sinasalamin ng isang dating drug user ang Ash Wednesday message ni Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle. Read more »

Touching Jesus on Ash Wednesday

Ted Aljbe, AFP
Posted at Mar 06 06:47 PM

Catholic devotees touch a crucifix as they pray on 'Ash Wednesday' at Baclaran church in Parañaque on Wednesday. Read more »

Ash Wednesday rites

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 01:13 PM

A child sleeps peacefully as other Catholic faithful line up for Ash Wednesday rites at the Quiapo Church in Manila. Read more »

Ash Wednesday: The Beginning of Lent

Research by Erik Tenedero, Infographic by Pamela Denice Ramos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 11:33 AM

Here are some basic things you need to know about Lent. Read more »

Pranksters, Duterte foes may be behind death threat vs priests - Palace

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 05 11:12 AM

Recent death threats against some members of the clergy may be the handiwork of pranksters or President Rodrigo Duterte's enemies, Malacañang said Tuesday.   Read more »

Ash Wednesday preparation

Bobby Ranoco, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 04 04:18 PM

Catholic priest Fr. Jerry Habunal blesses burning palm leaves to be used for the coming Ash Wednesday rites, marking the start of Lent, at the Our Lady of the Abandoned Diocesan Shrine Parish in Muntinlupa City.  Read more »

From camps to factories: Muslim detainees say China using forced labor

Christopher Rickleton, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 04 01:12 PM

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - As Gulzira Auelkhan toiled stitching gloves in a factory in China's troubled Xinjiang region, her managers made no secret of where her production would be sold. Read more »

Duterte blasts priests anew in Basilan, Zamboanga visits

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 12:48 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday renewed his tirades against Catholic priests during a visit in the southern cities of Zamboanga and Isabela, Basilan. Read more »

China warns party members to stick to Marx, not 'ghosts and spirits'

Reuters
Posted at Feb 28 10:56 AM

China officially guarantees freedom of religion for major belief systems such as Christianity, Buddhism and Islam, but party members are meant to be atheists and are especially banned from participating in what China calls superstitious practices such as visiting soothsayers. Read more »