Pope entrusts world threatened by coronavirus pandemic to Mary

SOURCE: Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service, March 12, 2020 VATICAN— Pope Francis entrusted to Jesus’ mother the suffering and anguish of millions of people affected by the coronavirus pandemic. In a video message broadcast March 11, the pope prayed before a portrait of Our Lady of Divine Love, beseeching her to “not disdain the…

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WATCH: HIGHLIGHTS – The EDSA Revolution

The People Power Revolution (also known as the EDSA Revolution, the Philippine Revolution of 1986, EDSA 1986, EDSA I (pronounced as EDSA One or EDSA Uno) and EDSA People Power) was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in Metro Manila, from February 22–25, 1986. There was a sustained campaign of civil resistance against regime violence and alleged electoral fraud. The nonviolent revolution led to the departure of Ferdinand Marcos, the end of…

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WATCH: Only One Thing Matters, “To Be With The Lord” By Fr. Fernando Suarez

MANILA — Healing priest Fr. Fernando Suarez died on Tuesday afternoon due to heart attack. He was 52. Fr. Melvin Castro of the Diocese of Tarlac confirmed the news about Suarez’s death. “Kare-receive ko lang ng text…tumawag ako sa ka-close niya, nasa Asian Hospital sila (I just received the text message. I called his close friend. They are at the Asian Hospital now),”…

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February 2 – Candlemas Day: the meaning of the very last day of Christmas

Candlemas is a Christian holy day commemorating the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. It falls on 2 February, and it is the very last day of Christmastide (Christmas and Epiphany Season). Although it is customary for Christians to remove Christmas ornaments on the Twelfth Night (Epiphany), many other Christian countries that wait until February 2nd to do…

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