2+ hour, 4+ min ago   (478+ words) MANILA — A Philippine bishop who joined the global Synod on Synodality has captured his experience in Rome into a book aimed at helping Catholics put synodality into practice in their parishes and dioceses. Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara of Pasig launched…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (300+ words) BORONGAN City — A Catholic bishop has urged parents to teach children from an early age to protect the environment, saying care for creation should begin at home. Bishop Crispin Varquez of Borongan said families should raise children who understand that…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (168+ words) Pope Leo XIV has reappointed Filipino catechetical expert Dr. Lysander Rivera to a Vatican advisory council for another five-year term. The council, under the Holy See’s Dicastery for Evangelization, brings together bishops, priests, religious and lay experts from around the…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (304+ words) Manuel Tagle Sr., the 96-year-old father of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, died Sunday, with the cardinal asking for prayers for his father’s eternal rest. Cardinal Tagle, 69, was in Rome when his father died at 7:09 a.m. Manila time. He is the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (281+ words) ZAMBOANGA City — A Catholic bishop has called reforestation “a big lie,” saying tree planting cannot replace a primeval forest as some 57,000 trees are set to be cut in southern Palawan for a mining project. Bishop Broderick Pabillo of Taytay made…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (525+ words) Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan marked 25 years as a bishop Monday, saying the episcopal ministry is not meant to be comfortable but ‘dangerous every day.’ “A bishop’s life is meant to be dangerous every day. Comfort and peace is for…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (236+ words) VATICAN— Pope Leo XIV has emphasized the nobility of a soldier’s mission to defend one’s homeland and uphold the rule of law. The pontiff held a private audience on Aug. 24 at the Vatican with a delegation from the Military Ordinariate…...