FACT-CHECK: Social media post falsely claims that if Cardinal Tagle is elected pope, he will be the first Asian pontiff

Aug 12, 2022 | Church, Fact Checked by PressOnePH

A Facebook page wrongfully claims that in case former Manila archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle is elected pope in the next conclave, he will be the first Asian to become Bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church. CLAIM: If Cardinal Tagle is elected...

A watershed moment for Filipinos

Feb 21, 2022 | First things first, Opinion

On 17 February this year, Cardinal-Archbishop Jose F. Advincula of Manila presided over a solemn high mass in honor of the “martyrdom” of Fathers Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora, known by their acronym Gomburza. The three Filipino priests were executed...

After Church clamor, gov’t allows ‘once-a-day’ religious gatherings

Mar 26, 2021 | Top Stories

Mass at Borongan Cathedral on Sunday, March 15, 2020. (Alren Beronio/ESTE News) Churches will be allowed to hold religious gatherings once a day from April 1 to 4 at limited capacity, Malacañang said on Friday.Palace spokesman Harry Roque said the Inter-Agency Task...

Gov’t threatens to close churches violating rules vs mass gatherings

Mar 23, 2021 | Top Stories

Malacañang on Tuesday said the government could close down churches if they defied protocols on mass gatherings set by the country’s pandemic task force. Palace spokesman Harry Roque said it was the government’s task to protect its citizens and ordering...

Dumaguete electoral group opposes election postponement

Feb 24, 2021 | Regions

The Dumaguete Diocesan Electoral Board is opposed to suggestions to postpone the presidential elections in 2022.Msgr. Julius Perpetuo Heruela, head of the Diocesan Electoral Board, said elections should continue despite the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).”It...