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The parish priest in the town of Argao banned the relic of a crowned ivory skeleton called 'La Santa Muerte' from the church compound, but a small group of devotees believe she has mystic powers and that she hears and answers their prayers. “When we die, she will greet us as we move to eternal life,” one of them said.
Argao, Cebu-There were three of them but they said they numbered more. They sat on the sofa beside a crowned skeleton made of ivory called La Muerte. The Death. But to them, the relic is La Santa Muerte, a saint to ...
Those who rail against the devotees should check their self-righteousness and entitlement.
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When attending Rorate Caeli masses, “one notices something very far from your regular Misa de Gallo: solemnity, prayer, the Sacred. No gimmicks, just mass.”
The Pope Pius V Chapel stands on a short alley in a private subdivision in Barangay Umapad, Mandaue City. By its location, the house of worship is inconspicuous and can be easy to miss. Even the minder in a store 300 meters ...
Still standing today, the Sheikh Karimul Makhdum Mosque in Tawi-Tawi is purported to be the oldest mosque in Southeast Asia.
The Philippines has a rich Muslim identity that predates Spanish colonialism and Western Christianity by roughly 200 years. In the six centuries between the introduction of Islam to the country and today, Islamic traditions persist. It could be argued that Islam, after ...
This is a sanctuary for "spiritual purification," I've been told. And for a man who may be as spiritually bankrupt as I am, I thought it would be a good exercise to participate in this reckoning.
My first encounter with Buddhism, for better or for worse, was through my favorite spiritual entertainer, the great Allan Watts. While he isn't exactly the greatest representation of Buddhist scholarship (he got a lot of things wrong, especially about zen and ...
The nihil obstat issued by the Vatican brings us one step closer to recognizing her as a saint.
The Vatican recently gave the go-signal for Philippine Catholic authorities to start the formal inquiry into the life of Laureana Franco, a lay catechist who is also known by the affectionate moniker "Ka Luring."Pasig Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara made the ...
Fed up with the progressive views of Pope Francis, hardline Catholics gather in small groups in Cebu to hear mass in the traditional Latin and worship the Lord in the “correct” way.
Unsettled by the sight of a child beating his chest while reciting "mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa," I was distracted from figuring out on which page of the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) missal we were in at the Chapel of ...
According to Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz, the “Homeless Jesus” is a visual representation of Matthew 25:35–45, where Jesus teaches about the importance of being compassionate to those in need.
If you've been to the Manila Cathedral in recent times, you might have come across a curious bronze statue in front of the church. It depicts a man, his identity shrouded by a blanket, as he sleeps on a park bench- ...
Surprisingly, there's an interesting link between faith and joy.
Religion and well-being have an interesting relationship, to say the least. Contradictory in some ways, de facto allies in others. When the recent 2024 World Happiness Report came out, Finland came out on top as the happiest country for the seventh ...
A decisive decree reveals the Vatican's stance on the nature of the events in Lipa, ending years of speculation and controversy among the faithful and skeptics alike.
Lipa Archbishop Gilbert Garcera has publicly revealed the document affirming the Vatican's declaration that the 1948 Lipa Apparition does not have a supernatural origin or character. This document has long been the center of a dispute between Catholic Church authorities and ...
Antipolo Cathedral is also the country’s first national shrine.
The Antipolo Cathedral, also known as the National Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage (Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buen Viaje), with a history spanning nearly four centuries, will be officially designated as an international shrine on ...
Her story, nevertheless, is a lot more chilling than you would think.
We've had a few bizarre saints in our lives. Whether it's St. Corona, the patron saint of pandemics, or St. Isidore of Seville, the patron saint of computers. Adding to that list is St. Lidwina, a young girl whose story ...
“Wrong is wrong even if everybody is doing it and right is right even if nobody is doing it.”
The local Catholic community mourns the passing of Archbishop Emeritus Fernando Capalla, who dedicated more than half of his life in service of God and humanity. Capalla, who turned 89 last November 1, served the Archdiocese of Davao for more than 15 ...
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