‘Be discerning,’ CBCP tells voters in midterm polls

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 08:20:21 +0000

THE Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) urged the electorate to be “discerning” when they vote in the midterm polls in May. The CBCP said in a statement that…READ

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Palace: Nobody can stop Duterte from attacking Catholic Church

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 08:40:21 +0000

Palace: Nobody can stop Duterte from attacking Catholic Church

Nobody can stop President Rodrigo Duterte from attacking the Catholic Church, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Tuesday.

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CBCP: Jolo church blasts ‘further evidence to cycle of hate’

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 09:31:06 +0000

CBCP: Jolo church blasts ‘further evidence to cycle of hate’

The CBCP on Monday deemed the two explosions in a Jolo cathedral as “further evidence to the cycle of hate.”

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CBCP to solons: Rethink move to lower age of criminal responsibility

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 07:55:12 +0000

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Monday appealed to lawmakers to do some “serious rethinking” on the controversial proposal to reduce the minimum age of criminal responsibility.

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Christians, Muslims urged to ‘join hands’ vs ‘violent extremism’

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 07:24:38 +0000

Christians, Muslims urged to ‘join hands’ vs ‘violent extremism’

The CBCP has urged for unity versus “violent extremism” after Sunday’s twin blasts at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Jolo.

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Bishops condemn Jolo cathedral bombing as ‘most heinous’

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 01:21:14 +0000

Bishops condemn Jolo cathedral bombing as ‘most heinous’

Two Catholic bishops have denounced the bombing of the cathedral in Jolo, Sulu, as the “most heinous desecration of a sacred place.”

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CBCP: Bishop busted in drug operation not part of Catholic clergy  

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 10:50:53 +0000

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has clarified that the bishop arrested in an anti-illegal drugs operation in Bacoor, Cavite is not a Catholic bishop.

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Filipino bishops to meet Pope Francis during 2019 pilgrimage to Rome

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 08:32:23 +0000

Filipino bishops to meet Pope Francis during 2019 pilgrimage to Rome

Filipino bishops would be meeting Pope Francis at The Vatican to report the state of their diocese as part of their 2019 pilgrimage to Rome.

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Sto. Niño hope for Filipinos – Cebu archbishop

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 02:15:17 +0000

Sto. Niño hope for Filipinos – Cebu archbishop

You are not alone. This was the message of Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma as Cebuanos celebrated the feast of the Sto. Niño de Cebu on Sunday.

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Palace: Duterte tirades vs Church just ‘self-defense’

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 08:31:02 +0000

Palace: Duterte tirades vs Church just 'self-defense'

President Rodrigo Duterte was merely defending himself when he launch tirades against members of the clergy who “uses the pulpit to attack” him, Malacañang said.

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