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Pinpointing the first Mass in the Philippines - UCA News
Mar 28, 2022 · On March 31, 2019, about 3,000 Catholics attended the pre-pandemic 498th anniversary of the first Mass held on Limasawa Island, headed by the then Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, and concelebrated by Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, Palo Archbishop John Du, and Maasin Bishop Precioso Cantillas, SDB.
Pope Francis' Asia visit holds deeper meaning beyond conversion
Aug 30, 2024 · Pope Francis' Asia visit holds deeper meaning beyond conversion. Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to Asia is an expression of paternal concern for Catholic communities, that are sometimes tiny and isolated, but it also aims to dismiss a narrative that presents Asian Catholicism as something colonial and marginal, says Michel Chambon, a Singapore ...
Diocese finds Sister Wilhelmina's body remarkably intact
On April 28, 2023, her body was exhumed from her grave to move it to a tomb in the monastery's chapel. Despite her body not being embalmed, damage to her wooden coffin and water sitting on her grave -- all elements that should have contributed to her body's decomposition -- her body was found remarkably intact, the community's sisters said at ...
Construction of ‘Catholic hub’ begins in Singapore - UCA News
Nov 30, 2023 · The Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore has started building a Catholic Hub, which the city-state's Cardinal William Goh says will serve as a “spiritual oasis” for Catholics and help the Church for a wider outreach.. Goh, together with priests and directors of archdiocesan organizations, led a groundbreaking ceremony for the building on Nov. 28, Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) reported.
Bishop decrees alleged Marian apparitions 'not supernatural'
Mar 7, 2024 · The Marian apparitions claimed to have taken place outside of Rome were decreed "not supernatural" by the local bishop. Since 2016, Gisella Cardia has claimed to be seeing visions of the Virgin Mary in the central Italian town of Trevignano Romano, some 30 miles north of Rome, after bringing a statue of Mary with her from a trip to Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, which she said began to shed ...
Indian bishop quits to become a hermit - UCA News
Updated: August 23, 2022 09:28 AM GMT. A Catholic bishop has become a hermit, quitting his position to fulfill his long-cherished desire, the first such case in the Catholic Church in India. Auxiliary Bishop Jacob Muricken of Palai diocese of the eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church based in the southern state of Kerala left the bishop’s house on ...
The Philippines' throwaway street children - UCA News
Apr 15, 2021 · The estimated 250,000 homeless street children are among 4.5 million homeless people in a population of 110 million in the Philippines. They live like garbage to be thrown away and their rights are being violated every day by authorities that are supposed to protect and help them. Angelico survived by his resilience and conviction that he was a ...
Nearing 80, 'Minnesota's Mother Teresa' remains devoted
Oct 13, 2022 · Dubbed "Minnesota's Mother Teresa" and honored with a Presidential Citizens Medal, Copeland's celebrity has grown along with her impact. The Minnesota native is founder and director of Sharing and Caring Hands, a large facility behind Target Field that provides clothing and food to 300-500 poor and marginalized people daily.
Uncertainty, despair grip Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Aug 30, 2024 · Sitting in his tiny one-room home in the congested Shalbagan refugee camp in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar on a hot and humid monsoon day, Abu Sufian laments the loss of a relatively happy life in Myanmar's Rakhine state seven years ago.. The 38-year-old Rohingya Muslim farmer grew enough crops on his land and caught fish to feed and support his family in Maungdaw, a Rohingya-majority township on ...