Only the Diocese of Cubao among the 72 dioceses in 16 ecclesiastical provinces, as well as 7 apostolic vicariates and a military ordinariate in the Philippines has conducted a public act of reparation against the drag artist’s performance.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has approved the recommendation to create new dioceses from the Archdiocese of Cebu and the Diocese of Butuan.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines released a document reiterating that nothing has changed in the Catholic Church’s ban on its followers joining Freemasonry.
No wonder, Filipinos have a centuries-old tradition of “Saludong” at dawn on Easter Sunday when the Catholic Churches hold separate processions — one following Mary and the other following Jesus — and meeting at the church.
The last words of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as he lay on his deathbed were “Lord, I love you!” according to the late pope’s longtime personal secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein, Vatican News reported.