March 31, 1521:“The 1st Catholic mass in Limasawa” (Painter:Botong Francisco)

The first Catholic mass in the Philippines was on Easter Sunday of March 31, 1521 officiated by Father Pedro de Valderrama in the shore of a town islet named as Limasawa in the tip of Southern Leyte. Limasawa is dubbed as the birthplace of Roman Catholicism in the Philippines. Landing on Philippine shores: When Ferdinand…

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Banal na Santisimo Sakramento prinusisyon sa Bulacan para sa kaligtasan at proteksyon sa COVID-19

Mapapaiyak ka na lang talaga habang dumadaan Siya sa harap mo.” Ito ang sinabi ng semenaristang si Jamin Marfred Agustin nang masaksihan niya ang paglilibot ng Santisimo Sakramento sa mga lugar na sakop ng Parokya ng San Isidro Labrador sa Bulakan, Bulacan. Kita sa mga larawang ibinahagi niya ang pagluhod ng mga mananampalataya habang dumaraan ang…

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Pope entrusts world threatened by coronavirus pandemic to Mary

SOURCE: Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service, March 12, 2020 VATICAN— Pope Francis entrusted to Jesus’ mother the suffering and anguish of millions of people affected by the coronavirus pandemic. In a video message broadcast March 11, the pope prayed before a portrait of Our Lady of Divine Love, beseeching her to “not disdain the…

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