The varying influence of religious groups on Philippine politics was on display this month, potentially impacting the work of ...

With the latest approvals, the Philippines has 33 national shrines. The Catholic Church recognizes national shrines for their ...

As the pope himself noted, there is always the danger of reducing popular piety to external rituals and superstition ...

Filipino crew members of the Galaxy Leader who were held captive for more than a year in Yemen arrived in Manila on Thursday. The 17 seafarers were welcomed by their family members and Philippine ...

The Edsa Shrine, a historic landmark built in remembrance of the bloodless 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution that toppled the ...

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For 2025, the theme of the Week of Prayer focuses on celebrating the 1,700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed, a foundational ...

China’s relations are starting to improvewith Japan, India and other countries that former U.S. President Joe Biden courted, ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion ... proceeding in haste into the hill country to a town of Judah, where she entered Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth.

He is the Bishop of Rome, Vicar of the universal Church, Primate of Italy; hmong others. As the Bishop of Rome he is the head of the Latin or Roman rite. This is by far the largest rite in the Church.

The Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, a publicly held corporation in the Philippines which publishes in print and online a daily broadsheet, tabloid-sized newspapers and various magazines in ...

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said 653 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the fifth day of a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants ...