Photo by Miguel Candela via flickr By Aurea Calica (The Philippine Star) MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino called on Filipinos to use the Holy Week break as an opportunity to pause and reflect on “where we want to go” as individuals and as a nation, bearing in mind the Read more »
Photo and Post by Karlos Manlupig via facebook FILTHY HYPOCRITES. As I was shooting in Davao City’s San Pedro Cathedral during the observance of Good Friday, I noticed a Tagalog speaking man instructing this security guard to throw out a half-naked man who is silently kneeling and praying inside Read more »
By Cecil Morella MANILA, Philippines—A human sea of Catholic pilgrims flooded the Philippine capital on Monday in a show of religious frenzy, despite warnings that Islamic militants may be planning to bomb the spectacular annual event. Police estimated up to eight million people crammed into the historic quarters of Read more »
MALOU LIWANAG-BLEDSOE | AJPRESS SAN FRANCISCO – MY first Christmas away from home was four years ago, and was made more melancholy because my mom decided to fly back to the Philippines to spend the holidays with my brothers and their families. I, in turn, spent Christmas with my sister’s Read more »
Inquirer – The Philippines remains to be the bastion of Christianity in Asia with 86.8 million Filipinos—or 93 percent of a total population of 93.3 million—adhering to the teachings of Jesus Christ, a recent study by the US-based Pew Research Center has found. Using the 2010 populaten figures of Read more »
MANILA, Philippines – Luis Antonio Tagle was installed as the new Archbishop of Manila in a festive ceremony at Manila Cathedral in Intramuros this morning. Thousands of bishops, priests, seminarians and Catholic faithful joined the installation rites of the 32nd archbishop of Manila. Among notable Catholic officials who attended Read more »
