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A Canadian missionary priest was counted among the 1,800 casualties of Friday’s 9.0 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan. Father Andre Lachapelle of the Quebec Foreign Mission Society died in Sendai, the city closest to the epicenter of the quake...

Genuflecting and Kneeling Reflect Spiritual Attitude By Father Juan Silvestre The Catechism of the Catholic Church reads: “In the liturgy of the New Covenant every liturgical action, especially the celebration of the Eucharist and the sacraments, is an encounter between...

Surrogacy and celebrities burst into the news again recently with the announcement that Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have a new baby daughter, born Dec. 28 to a surrogate mother. The news came soon after it was reported that Elton...

With a Filipino Christmas carol as background music, the Vatican unveiled its Nativity scene on Friday at St. Peter’s Square that for the first time ncluded nine Filipino statues. A report on the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)...

Catholics around the globe will be able to witness Benedict XVI celebrate Christmas and New Year’s Day Masses, the Vatican is reporting. Broadcasters will have access to the satellite services via Eurovision through its World Feed Service. A domestic satellite...

During World War II, the Vatican City State followed Switzerland’s lead to a neutrality which means that Vatican would not be involved nor dragged to the consequences of the second World War. This decision of the pope (Pope Pius XII)...

It seems that Poland has the monopoly of the “biggest” these days. After having the biggest Christ Statue to date, Catholic Poland now hosts the biggest and largest Catholic Bazaar in history. This trend which started a few years ago...

A Vatican spokesman is clarifying that Benedict XVI is not justifying condom use, though the Pope said it could in some cases be a first step toward moral behavior. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, said...

This is not the first time I heard about this. Actually, Filipinos are very creative, they can have tons of statues of saints in their homes while intermingled them with Chinese charms in the form of frogs, pigs and any...

This is another interesting article I read on the same Newspaper while taking my breakfast on All Souls Day yesterday. In this article, the Priest explains why some souls go beyond the forty days grace period of staying on earth...

This is a very interesting topic. Read it on a newspaper while having my breakfast after I attended mass on all souls day and before I went to the cemetery to visit my loved ones who passed away. I am...

Sacraments helps Catholics in their pursuit of holiness and in order to maintain the grace of God in our souls, we need to regularly confess our sins to the Priest. Sacrament of Reconciliation or confession was intituted by Jesus Christ...

As I was doing my routine maintenance when I arrive this afternoon from work, I opened one of my previous post in 2007 and found this Blogger’s Daily Prayer which I have written three years ago. As I recall, I...

Brother, is it possible that gospel readings may differ on a specific liturgical date? It’s because every morning I devoutly read the mass readings and send them to all my contacts in my cellphone. Then I noticed this morning that...

Saint Francis of Assisi would be one of the most popular saints of the Church, yet, strangely enough his true depth and spirituality is often hidden behind the popular image of a carefree man always surrounded by birds.The truth of...

O Holy Angel, whom God, by the effect of His goodness and His tender regard for my spiritual welfare, has charged with the care of my conduct, and who assists me in all my wants and comforts me in all...

O HOLY ANGEL, whom God, by the effect of His goodness and His tender regard for my welfare, has charged with the care of my conduct, and who assists me in all my wants and comforts me in all my...

Thérèse of Lisieux (2 January 1873 – 30 September 1897), or Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, born Marie-Françoise-Thérèse Martin, was a French Carmelite nun. She is also known as “The Little Flower of Jesus”. She...