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DAGUPAN CITY -
In response to the mounting persecution of Christians in many parts of the
world, particularly in Iraq and Syria, the head of the Catholic Bishops’
Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) declares September 14, 2014—the Feast of
the Exaltation of the Cross”—as National Day of Prayer for Peace, calling on
all Church leaders to celebrate mass for the special intentions of these
modern-day martyrs and to raise funds for them.

COTABATO CITY (Sept. 7/NDBC) -- Cotabato Auxiliary Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo today urged Catholic faithful in the city and its environs to celebrate the birth of Mama Mary by joining the dawn rosary procession on Monday, Sept. 8. Everyone is invited, invite your friends too, thank you, Bishop Bagaforo said in a statement.The dawn rosary procession will commence at 4:30 a.m. at the Archbishop Mongeau Center (Bishop's Palace) to the Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish Church (Rosary Heights Church).The procession will be followed by a 6 a.m. Mass. (NDBC)

The Oblates of Mary Immaculate, few months after setting foot on Mindanao island in 1939, had established the first parish Church in Midsayap, Cotabato.This video was produced to pay tribute to all the Oblate missionary priests, especially those who established and served the parish of Sto. Nino de Midsayap in North Cotabato, as the parish celebrated its75th Patronal Fiesta on January 2014. The Sto Nino Parish of Midsayap was also officially declared as the Archdiocesan Shrine of Sto Nino de Midsayap last January of 2013.

COTABATO City (Sept. 6/NDBC) - Filipinos must show to Pope Francis the strength of their faith” on his visit, a top church official believes.In an interview over Church-run Radio Veritas, Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Beltran Cardinal Quevedo, said, he will be glad to see Filipinos with firm faith despite the many natural calamities and economic hardships that rocked the country.

COTABATO CITY (Sept.

COTABATO CITY (Aug.
30/NDBC) — Lay pastoral workers from Regensburg, Germany lauded the Archdiocese
of Cotabato for its various ministries, especially the inter-religious
dialogues in North Cotabato, officials said today.

The 11 lay
pastoral workers from Germany toured various ministries in North Cotabato,
Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat provicnes.

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COTABATO CITY -Pope Francis has appointed Cotabato Auxiliary Bishop Jose Colin MendozaBagaforo as the new bishop of the Diocese of Kidapawan, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) today said.The announcement was made today, July 25, 2016, at 6 p.m.Bagaforo, most popularly known as Bishop Colin, has been serving the auxiliary bishop ofarchdiocese of Cotabato since hisEpiscopal ordination in 2006.

WARSAW, Poland – What does mercy look like? This is what the Center for Thought of John Paul II (Centrum Mysli Jana Paula II) hopes an estimated 50,000 World Youth Day delegates now having their Days in the Diocese in this city will see through their initiative, the City of Mercy”, a set of activities and activities on the theme mercy from July 21 to 24. We wanted to show different aspects of mercy… This is where you can meet mercy in artistic and social events,” said Ursula Adamowicz, coordinator of the City of Mercy during an exclusive interview with YouthPinoy on Thursday.

MANILA — A Franciscan missionary was elected as the new chairperson of the Association of Major Religious Superiors Men (AMRSMP) in the Philippines.Fr. Cielito Almazan, Minister Provincial of the Franciscan Province of San Pedro Bautista, will head the 60-year old organization that was established to foster close collaboration among the religious men.He will succeed Fr. Gerard Francisco Timoner, OP, who acted as AMRSMP chair after Fr.