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COTABATO CITY - His Eminence Orlando Cardinal Quevedo, OMI, DD, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cotabato, prays for lasting peace in Mindanao, against floods, harmony among difference tribal groups this Christmas.In his Christmas message, Cardinal Quevedo is praying peace will finally reign in Mindanao by 2015.Below is the complete message of Cardinal Quevedo. Greetings
of Peace and Joy to all people of goodwill! For Christians the event of Christmas
is a time of great rejoicing, of giving thanks to God and of sharing gifts with
one another.

MANILA — More than the season’s trimmings, the gifts
and parties, Christmas calls us to cross-over” to where God wants us to
be, where our brothers and sisters are.
From where we are at present, we also need to cross many more
rivers, many more seas, many more mountains. We also need to cross over
and find each one, showing everyone that we are all brothers and
sisters,” said Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)
president Archbishop Socrates Villegas in a recent video message.

MANILA – How can a person be ashamed of his own
mother? If this seems impossible on human terms, then more so in the
case of the Blessed Mother Mary, said a priest during a massive Marian
event on Tuesday, Dec. 16 at the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros, Manila. Let us not be ashamed of or let’s not doubt our devotion to the
Blessed Virgin…That is the work of God, that is His action, that is His
wish…that everything flows through the intercession of the Blessed
Virgin,” said Fr. Melvin Castro during the To Jesus through Maryand The

KORONADAL CITY - The Roman Catholic Church here is all set for the beginning of the Simbang Gabi or dawn Mass as part of the Christmas Celebration. Valme Mariveles, Koronadal City Saint Anthony Parish Media Reporter, said sponsors, sharers and readers were already arranged by their trained thematic writers for the nine-day masses. The traditional dawn Mass begins on December 16. To accommodate more believers, the parish will have two dawn Masses each day. The first mass will be at 3 AM while the second mass is at 4:30 AM.

MANILA-- A Catholic priest urged the faithful to further appreciate Filipino youth just like what Pope Francis is doing to encourage them to share their love and creativity for the betterment of the society they are in.Rev. Fr. Kunegundo Garganta, Executive Secretary of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Youth (CBCP-ECY), said the people should also have a new way of looking at young people as Pope Francis did.

QUEZON CITY — A Catholic sister reminds the faithful that the Yuletide season is all about God’s love, mercy, and compassion dwelling in the hearts of every Christian.For Sr. Anthony Mary Basa of the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master (PDDM), Christmas is not just an annual event, but a permanent reality enshrined in the temple of the hearts” of every person where Christ Himself dwells,” and which can never be destroyed.

MANILA -Roman Catholic priests based in dioceses outside of the Philippines may get the rare opportunity to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass with the Holy Father, Pope Francis, on January 18, 2015, 3and00PM at Quirino Grandstand in Luneta Park, Manila. Rev. Fr. Rufino Sescon, Jr., chancellor of the Archdiocese of Manila and executive secretary of the Steering Committee of the Papal Visit to the Philippines 2015, announced that 200 slots would be given to concelebrating priests from dioceses outside of the Philippines.

The Immaculate Conception Cathedral parish is celebrating today its 65th anniversary.

MANILA — After rolling out an initial of P2 million for the pre-positioning of goods in affected by typhoon Ruby, the Catholic Church’s social action arm launched Saturday, a Solidarity Appeal to the country’s 85 dioceses in a bid to raise funds for its relief efforts.In the letter sent to all 85 bishops nationwide, Cáceres Archbishop Rolando J.

MANILA, Dec. 4, 2014— The head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Wednesday has denied that Malacañang is compelling the Church to cancel Pope Francis’ visit to Leyte. Archbishop Socrates Villegas, CBCP President, said the Church hierarchy was never under pressure to change the Pope’s itinerary. There was no such pressure,” Villegas said in a text message to reporters.Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez claimed Malacañang tried to have the pontiff’s itinerary include a visit to Cebu instead of Leyte.