Pope: Some wanted me dead
ROME—Pope Francis has acknowledged his increasingly vocal conservative critics, saying their “nasty comments” were the work of the devil and adding that “some wanted me dead” after his recent intestinal surgery.
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ROME—Pope Francis has acknowledged his increasingly vocal conservative critics, saying their “nasty comments” were the work of the devil and adding that “some wanted me dead” after his recent intestinal surgery.
A Redemptorist priest recently welcomed the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open a probe into the drug war killings under President Duterte’s administration.
With the arrival of September and hints of cooler temperatures also comes one of most important traditional festivals in the Chinese calendar, the Mid-Autumn Festival, or Zhongqiu jie, also known as the Moon Festival.
BEIT SHEMESH, Israel—Shortly after sundown, Yaakov Tabersky presented his firstborn son on a silver platter to a Jewish priest in a ceremony harking back to the biblical exodus from Egypt.
ROME—On the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Pope Francis celebrated the Byzantine Divine Liturgy and called Christianity without the Cross worldly and sterile.
A Catholic archbishop in northern Philippines urged his priests not to let the difficulties brought by the pandemic stop them from reaching out to their flock.
Pope Francis has appointed Filipino Dominican Fr. Albino Barrera, a theologian and economist, as a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
A new bishop of Wuhan, China, was ordained recently under the terms of the Vatican-China agreement, a Vatican spokesman has confirmed.
The land we now call Afghanistan has been a place of constant migration through its mountainous passes. Its linguistic, cultural and religious diversity is a result of millennia of trade along the Silk Road. More than a dozen ethnic groups are mentioned in the country’s constitution.
VATICAN—Pope Francis, Archbishop Justin Welby, and Patriarch Bartholomew I released an unprecedented joint message recently, calling the climate crisis a “devastating injustice.”
VATICAN—Pope Francis said that silent prayer with the Gospel is the “secret to spiritual health.”
Some Americans believe that the Islamic faith is oppressive for women. In the West, particularly in France, the hijab, or headscarf, that many Muslim women wear has become a symbol of this perceived oppression.
DUMAGUETE CITY—Despite the rain and the gloomy weather, the clergy of the Diocese of Dumaguete held recently a penitential walk for the protection of life and the environment.
“Laudato si’ speaks to people in ways that a scientist cannot. Pope Francis really gives us a gift to communicate where science plays into integral ecology, as part of a larger responsibility.”
A Catholic bishop expressed grief over the “senseless murder” of human-rights lawyer Rex Fernandez and urged authorities to investigate the incident.
SALT LAKE CITY—After more than a year of attending church virtually, Monique Allen has struggled to explain to her asthmatic daughter why people from their congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints don’t wear masks.
A Filipino missionary priest has been ordained bishop in Papua New Guinea (PNG) on August 29, signaling the start of his new ministry.
When life is not exactly as we want it to be during this pandemic, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle recently said it can be helpful for people to turn themselves toward “acceptance.”
In a recent article in the “Religion News Service,” author Whitney Bauck pointed out that the Virgin Mary has become “an icon for pop stars and social justice warriors.”
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has added its support to a petition urging global leaders to take action and support a “healthy planet and healthy people.”
CEBU CITY—Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma last Wednesday warned priests not to use the pulpit in their “personal campaign” against the government’s Covid-19 vaccination program.
ROME—A Catholic charitable organization working in Afghanistan said the other day it fears for the safety of Christians in the country, and that the group may need to suspend its activities as instability increases.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines is hosting a webinar to pay tribute to Filipino fathers abroad and those in the country.
A Catholic bishop said the church and its people must continue to speak out against killings and other forms of human rights abuses.
Dr. Danny Avula, the head of Virginia’s Covid-19 vaccination effort, suspected he might have a problem getting pastors to publicly advocate for the shots when some members of his own church referred to them as “the mark of the beast,” a biblical reference to allegiance to the devil, and the minister wasn’t sure how to respond.
DUMAGUETE Bishop Julito B. Cortes reiterated his opposition to the city’s proposed 174-hectare reclamation project, calling it “morally wrong.”
MANASSAS, Virginia—A northern Virginia mosque is asking the Biden administration to release a set of religious tiles that were confiscated at Dulles International Airport after they were deemed to violate sanctions on Iran.
PUERTO Princesa Bishop Socrates C. Mesiona will install Bishop Broderick S. Pabillo to the Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay instead of Manila Archbishop Jose F. Cardinal Advincula Jr. as Metro Manila was placed under enhanced community quarantine until August 20.
THE Chinese Communist Party is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding in 1921. For most of those decades, the party sought to restrict or obliterate traditional religious practices, which it considered part of China’s “feudal” past.
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