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Golden Haven launches international campaign for OFWs
Golden Haven, the country’s leading memorial park developer, has launched its GO! International campaign, a groundbreaking initiative that aims to help overseas Filipino workers secure their financial future......»»
Marcial sends Thai foe to dreamland
Eumir Marcial knocked the lights out of Thai opponent Thoedsak Sinam at the 1:33 mark of the fourth round of their super middleweight bout Saturday night at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila......»»
Asian qualifying results for 2026 FIFA World Cup
BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are Thursday's results in Asian qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico: Group A At Doha Qatar bt Kuwait 3-0 At Abha, Saudi Arabia Afghanistan tied India 0-0 Group B At Tokyo Japan bt DPR Korea 1-0 At Yangon Myanmar tied Syria 1-1 Group C At Seoul South Korea tied T.....»»
GCash sets sights on further international expansion
With GCash Overseas, Filipinos in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, Qatar, Kuwait, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia can now download and use the GCash app, whether they have Philippine SIMs or local mobile phone numbers in the countries or territories where they live......»»
OFW aspirants told: Engage with licensed recruitment agencies only
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The regional director of the Department of Migrant Workers in Central Visayas (DMW-7) warned aspiring Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to engage with only legitimate and licensed recruitment agencies. Lawyer Karl Arriola, DMW-7 director, told CDN Digital that even if he was a lawyer, he still subscribed to the doctors’ advice: Prevention.....»»
CBCP President elected VP of Federation of Bishops in Asia
According to a report by CBCP News, David was elected to the post at the bishops’ central committee meeting in Bangkok on Thursday......»»
CBCP: Lunar New Year a chance to thank God
The Lunar New Year is an opportunity for Filipino Catholics to give thanks to God and pray for more blessings, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines assistant secretary general Fr. Bryand Restituto said yesterday......»»
Tell it to SunStar: ‘What is good?’ (CBCP statement on the people’s initiative for Charter change)
Tell it to SunStar: ‘What is good?’ (CBCP statement on the people’s initiative for Charter change).....»»
CBCP: Cha-cha risgo sa authoritarianism
CBCP: Cha-cha risgo sa authoritarianism.....»»
Former CBCP president Archbishop Fernando Capalla dies
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 6 January) – Retired Archbishop Fernando Capalla, who led the Archdiocese of Davao for more than 15 years, passed away early on Saturday in Davao City, according to CBCP News, the news website of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines. Capalla, a known peace advocate who served as CBCP president […].....»»
Ex-CBCP president Capalla dies at 89
Former Davao archbishop and Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines president Fernando Capalla died early morning yesterday, according to the Archdiocese of Davao. He was 89......»»
Priest in Baguio among stray bullet victims on New Year’s Day
MANILA, Philippines — An elderly priest from Baguio City was wounded after being hit by a stray bullet during the New Year’s Day celebration, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said on Wednesday. The 60-year-old priest was hit in his left shoulder at about 12:15 a.m. on January 1. “He was immediately taken.....»»
Pagadian bishop dies after heart bypass – CBCP
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 2 January) – Pagadian Bishop Ronald “Bong” Lunas died at 8:28 a.m. Tuesday at a hospital in Davao City, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines announced on its news website. He was 57. The prelate had been in the intensive care unit of the Southern Philippines Medical Center Heart […].....»»
CBCP head: Vatican document on blessing of same-sex couples ‘speaks for itself’
CBCP president Bishop Pablo Virgilio David’s advisory–which saw no need to explain Fiducia Supplicans–differs from the guidance of Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas and Tuguegarao Archbishop Ricardo Baccay.....»»
Quiapo Church opisyal nang magiging ‘National Shrine’ sa taong 2024
MAGANDA ang magiging pasok ng taong 2024 para sa mga kababayan nating Katoliko! Ang good news, opisyal nang gagawing “National Shrine” ang Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene of Quiapo Church sa Maynila. Ayon sa Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), ang official declaration nito ay mangyayari sa darating na January 29. Sa Facebook,.....»»
CBCP to submit list of persecuted Catholics to Vatican
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has asked dioceses and other commissions to gather data on persecuted Catholics and Christians, which will be submitted to Rome for the 2025 Jubilee......»»
Pinoys oppose CBCP office’s membership in NTF-ELCAC
Up to 90.1 percent of Filipinos do not support the membership of an office of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines in the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict......»»
CBCP panel not with NTF-ELCAC since September – source
An official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines confirmed to Philstar.com that the CBCP Episcopal Commission on Public Affairs has withdrawn its membership to the controversial National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict last September......»»
Borongan diocese invokes Vatican decree confidentiality
BORONGAN CITY — The Diocese of Borongan is invoking the confidentiality of a Vatican decree on the case of a former priest who was dismissed from his clerical duties. In a letter that was published in the official social media account of the diocese on Wednesday, Atty. Colleen Calleja, legal counsel of the diocese, said there was no malice in the publication of the Informationis Causa by the diocese without the attached Vatican decision as it was just an information to the public. In an “in formationis causa” issued by the Diocese of Borongan dated 18 July but released only on Sunday, 17 September, Bishop Crispin Varquez, through diocesan chancellor Fr. James Abella, announced that former priest Pio Cultura Aclon has been dismissed from “clerical state.” No reason was mentioned but the church-run CBCP News and Este News mentioned sexual abuse involving minors. The post Borongan diocese invokes Vatican decree confidentiality appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
2015 Vatican decree on Mediatrix not binding!
The claims of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines and the Vatican that Pope Pius XII had officially decreed that the Mediatrix apparitions were of “no supernatural character or origin” is not exactly true. If it is proven not true, the Papal “decree” is not binding and the faithful are allowed not to follow the decree, based on Canon Law. The CBCP released Circular 23-04 dated 14 July 2023 — quoting the official Dicastery document Protocol 226/1949 — stating that “in 1951, the Dicastery, the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy See, after due examination of the documents made available, declared the alleged apparitions in Lipa (of Our Lady Mediatrix of All Grace) to have no supernatural character or origin, a decision directly approved by Pope Pius XII.” There has been no document in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis, the official Vatican publication, that said that Pope Pius XII had indeed approved the decree. It was never formalized into an official “promulgation,” which is a requirement of Canon Law, to be binding. In other words, the Dicastery Decree is official, but not the Papal Decree. Protocol 226/1949, authored by the Dicastery, did not clarify that the Pope Pius XII Decree had not yet been official and binding in a formal promulgation. Then apostolic administrator Bishop Rufino Santos said, in his decree of 12 April 1951, that he was still awaiting the Vatican decision regarding Lipa, contradicting Protocol 226/1949 that said a decision had been made. I, therefore, challenge the CBCP and the current Dicastery to produce documentary evidence that there was indeed an existing official Papal Decree of Pope Pius XII in fulfillment of the Canon Law ruling. The decree of Pope Pius XII is important because it was the basis for the recent order of Lipa Archbishop Gilbert Garcera to suppress Mediatrix activities in all churches in Lipa. “Vatican directs CBCP to cease 75th celebration of Lipa apparition” (CNN Philippines 28 July 2023). The CNN article reported that the Vatican reaffirmed its 1951 decree, precisely the questionable Pope Pius XII decree. Only the Pope has the authority to confirm and declare a Marian apparition. If the 1951 Pope Pius decree is now in question, so also are all the recent bans and suppressions of Mediatrix activities in Lipa. The added sentence reads, “The Confraternity of the Mediatrix of All Grace is a movement with dozens of chapters nationwide.” Confraternity members report that a Filipino priest very close to Pope Francis approached him to forward the sentiments of the Mediatrix devotees. He said the Pope simply passed the ball to the Dicastery. And since the Dicastery is vehemently anti-Mediatrix, it was a dead end, a failed attempt. Many Confraternity members were disappointed. The Confraternity has a nationwide presence, although its membership keeps moving dynamically forward and backward. There are chapters whose memberships are strong and keep growing, but there are some whose memberships have decreased. The dynamic chapters include Cebu, Iloilo, Guimaras, Kidapawan, Davao City, General Trias, and Jaro, to name a few. However, the Confraternity is different from the devotees. Confraternity members are essentially professionals, educated and articulate. They are well organized and subject to meetings and activities. The ordinary Mediatrix devotees are peasants, farmers, and fishermen, and are simply humble churchgoers, not so organized. But there are so many who have a strong faith and devotion to Mama Mary in their hearts. They do not even know the issues in the conflict. Their devotion is based on their hearts, not their minds. When the entire Philippine Church was held in submission by the Vatican under threat of excommunication or alienation, it was the laity that took up the cudgels, out of reach of the clutches of the Vatican and the CBCP. The Confraternity distributed hundreds of life-size Mediatrix statues nationwide. They laid the infrastructure for devotion to spread like wildfire to the sea of marginal devotees. It is estimated from Confraternity reports that Mediatrix devotees are broadly around four million nationwide. Herein lies the victory of the Virgin over the Vatican. Despite 70 long years of suppression and repression since the 1951 apparitions to this very day, Mediatrix devotion proliferates. The Vatican and the CBCP have succeeded in silencing Filipino nuns, priests, bishops, and cardinals but they are helpless against the true Marians among the masses. Even the suppressed Church prelates still believe in the silence of their hearts in the Mediatrix. Suppression has ironically strengthened the Filipino Marians. The Confraternity says it has devised a simple strategy. They will suffer and ignore the suppression without opposition, and discern the will of the Lord and Our Lady, and focus on divine messages, teachings, and pray, pray, pray, especially for the Pope, the Vatican and the CBCP. *** eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com The post 2015 Vatican decree on Mediatrix not binding! appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»