Bishop Rufino Sescon, Jr., who was appointed head of the Diocese of Balanga by Pope Francis in December 2024, was ordained during the 39th anniversary of EDSA People Power Revolution on Tuesday.
In a collective defiance to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s non-declaration of February 25 as a special non-working holiday, as has been traditionally observed, Catholic and non-Catholic schools across the country have suspended classes on the occasion of the 39th EDSA People Power Revolution anniversary tomorrow.
Set on April 9, 2025 at Smart Araneta Coliseum in Manila, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) exhorts the clergy, women religious, and laypeople to join the Congress on Prayer II: Confidence in Love.
An Indian conservationist, a Japanese actor, a Vietnamese-Chinese activist and cancer warrior, and an Icelandic Chinese singer were among the 13 women honored by Time Magazine this year.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops sued President Donald Trump’s administration over its abrupt freezing of federal funds for refugee settlement programs in the US.
Caritas Internationalis president and Tokyo Archbishop Cardinal Isao Kikuchi said the move of US President Donal Trump’s administration to suspend and eventually scrap the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) would expose millions of people across the globe to vulnerabilities.
Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim country by population. The number of its Muslim people is even bigger than the combined Muslim populations of Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, a newly established cathedral in Mindat, sustained severe damage after recent airstrikes by the country’s military regime.
Atty. Sheila Marie L. Uriarte-Tan was named a new member of the Board of Supervision of Istituto per le Opere di Religione (IOR), known otherwise as the Vatican Bank.
