May 30, 2024: A Filipino priest, who advocated for peace and fought drug killings in the Philippines, has passed away. Fr. Amado “Fr. Picx” Picardal, a Redemptorist priest, died on May 29, according to a statement from his congregation. He died on the 47th anniversary of his religious profession, atContinue Reading
Rome: While pandemic restrictions will prevent Catholics in the Philippines from traveling to the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest next month, the country’s bishops have organized their own online celebration of the Eucharist. The Philippines bishops had intended to send a delegation of 500 Catholics to the September 5-12Continue Reading
Rome: Filippino churches and authorities will limit attendance for the Masses of the Black Nazarene – one of the country’s largest series of events, which usually gathers millions of people to Manila each year. The Quiapo Church has instilled a 400-person cap for each of the 15 Masses that willContinue Reading
PANIQUI, Philippines: Hundreds on December 27 attended the funeral of a woman and her son shot dead by an off-duty policeman in the Philippines, a week after a video of the incident went viral on social media, sparking public outrage over police brutality. Members of the public joined as relativesContinue Reading
Manila: The death toll from the deadliest cyclone to hit the Philippines this year has climbed to 67, with 12 people still missing, the national disaster management agency has said. President Rodrigo Duterte was scheduled to fly to the northern Tuguegarao province later in the day to assess the situationContinue Reading
Tacloban, Sept 16, 2020: A church in the Philippines’ Tacloban City now has an option for people to attend Mass while in the comfort of their own vehicles amid the pandemic. The St. Josemaria Escriva Station in Apitong District has scheduled a “Park and Attend the Mass” every 6 pmContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Manila, Nov 28, 2019: A Pentecostal church in the Philippines is building the world’s biggest arena which could accommodate up to 70,000 people. Being built with US$25 million, the KJC King Dome’s construction is 70 percent complete as of November 2019 and hoped to be finishedContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Yangon, April 24, 2019: Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference (FABC) president Charles Cardinal Maung Bo has sent a message of prayerful solidarity to Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines that was devastated by earthquakes on April 22 and 23. The first tremor, a magnitude 6.1 quake,Continue Reading
Manila, Nov. 5, 2018: On her last day in the Philippines, Australian missionary Sister Patricia Anne Fox urged Filipinos not to lose hope and instead unite to attain genuine reforms in the country. “The big challenge is not to lose hope, to know that if we all move together, weContinue Reading
A Roman Catholic priest has been shot dead inside a chapel in the northern Philippines as he was preparing to say Mass, the third cleric to be killed in six months, police say. Father Richmond Nilo was behind the altar of the Nuestra Senora de la Nieve Chapel in ZaragozaContinue Reading
