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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…
WATCH: ‘God is our strength’: Cardinal Tagle’s message during coronavirus pandemic
His Eminence, Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, encourages us to continue prayer, fasting and good works during this Lenten Season. These we can do in the spirit of service to others, while helping contain the spread of Corona Virus Disease – 2019 (COVID-19).
WATCH: 6 Ways to Make your Lenten Season Really Holy by Father Jerry Orbos
Ash Wednesday is one of the most popular and important holy days in the liturgical calendar. Ash Wednesday opens Lent, a season of fasting and prayer. Ash Wednesday takes place 46 days before Easter Sunday, and is chiefly observed by Catholics, although many other Christians observe it too. Ash Wednesday comes from the ancient Jewish…
February 2 – Candlemas Day: the meaning of the very last day of Christmas
Candlemas is a Christian holy day commemorating the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. It falls on 2 February, and it is the very last day of Christmastide (Christmas and Epiphany Season). Although it is customary for Christians to remove Christmas ornaments on the Twelfth Night (Epiphany), many other Christian countries that wait until February 2nd to do…
WATCH: Filipino musicians come together for Taal Eruption Victims
MUST WATCH! ARTISTS UNITE TO HELP IN TAAL REHABILITATION! When the artists and the song become ONE… TULONG TAAL is an original composition of the multi-awarded songwriter and hitmaker Vehnee Saturno who derived his inspiration from the tears he shed while watching the news about how the Taal Volcano explosion has affected the lives of…
Pope Francis offers prayers for coronavirus victims
ROME – Pope Francis sent his prayers to the sickened people and killed by the corona virus, Last Sunday Pope Francis Pope Francis expresses his heartfelt solidarity and gave special prayers with all those affected by this affliction. “I would like also to be close to and pray for the people who are sick because…
The Catholic faith of Kobe Bryant
SOURCE: Catholic News Agency Los Angeles, Calif., Jan 26, 2020 / 02:08 pm (CNA).- Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant died Sunday in a helicopter crash in Southern California, along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna. Bryant, the father of four, was Catholic. In all nine people were killed in the Jan. 26 crash. Bryant, 41, is widely…
‘World’s tallest’ Mother Mary statue erected in Philippines
MONTEMARIA is a pilgrimage center dedicated to Mary, Mother of All Asia. The development was conceived as a destination to attract devotees and pilgrims. It can be considered as a tourism and/or retirement village. MONTEMARIA is strategically located at the southernmost tip of Batangas Bay in Batangas City. The site is 30 minutes away from…