Manila clergy oppose Duterte call to reimpose death penalty

Aug 10, 2020 | Metro

The clergy of the Archdiocese of Manila has condemned lawmakers’ willingness to heed President Rodrigo Duterte’s call to reimpose the death penalty for drug-related crimes.Duterte made the call in his fifth State of the Nation Address on July 27. A dozen bills seeking...

Metro Manila dioceses respond to doctors’ plea, cancel public Masses

Aug 2, 2020 | Metro

© RCAM, CBCPNews (UPDATED) The Archdiocese of Manila and its suffragan dioceses — Cubao, Pasig, and Parañaque — have suspended public religious services under the modified enhanced community quarantine, responding to medical frontliners’ call for a two-week “time out”...

Manila bishop tests positive for Covid-19

Jul 23, 2020 | Metro

Bishop Broderick Pabillo, the apostolic administrator of the Manila archdiocese, has tested positive for Covid-19. In a letter released Thursday and addressed to Manila’s parish priests, the prelate said he was asymptomatic but would go under quarantine. “Although I...

Church leaders: ‘Easter spirit’ alive in Filipinos’ service, sacrifice amid pandemic

Apr 11, 2020 | Top Stories

Filipinos’ “heroic sacrifice and service” as well as “simple acts of appreciation and gratitude” manifest the hope that comes with the spirit of Christ’s victory over death, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of...

Bishop: Pray, not speculate over selection of Cardinal Tagle’s successor

Jan 27, 2020 | Nation

By Roy Lagarde The new set of CBCP Permanent Council members and chairmen of its different Commissions, Committees and Offices are sworn in by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle during a ceremony at the Sta. Maria Goretti Parish Church in Manila, Jan. 25. CBCPNEWS A church...