Reflection for the Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Earl Allyson Valdez The Parable of the Ten Virgins, Photo from Lester Yocum Uplifting Arts It might be difficult to accept it, but there are times when we have this complex attitude toward “smart” people. While on the one hand, we give due respect and recognition toward people who are smart, i.e., the experts in their own field, public intellectuals, and inspiring figures who have experienced a lot in life, on th

by Shiela Mae Gumapon In a world where messages travel in seconds, connections are made with a single click, and countless voices compete to be heard, a deeper question arises: How can we make the voice of Christ heard amid the noise of the digital world? For Mons. Lucio Ruiz, former Secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication and now Secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for the Service of Charity, the answer begins not with technology, content, or the number of follow

Every November first, churches usually host a Parade of Saints where children and young people dress up like their favorite saints and the intention of this activity is basically for them to know the saints and for them to imitate their virtues, as well.

Gathered at Vila São José in Macau from October 27 to 31, 2026, we— bishops, priests, religious, lay communication leaders from across Asia— offer this statement as the fruit of prayer, discernment, and synodal dialogue.

Brothers and sisters, All Saints Day is all about this inner emptiness, which only points us to the search for God to fill up these in our lives. It is a disposition that trusts in the Lord’s accompaniment in their lives especially when they do His will.

This celebration in which our eyes turn to Our Lady, in this extraordinarily beautiful image of Mama Mary and Baby Jesus, the Santo Niño with the Holy Rosary, Nuestra Señora del Santo Rosario de Santa Maria, Bulacan.

The Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, has elevated the San Bartolome Parish in the City of Malabon to the dignity of Minor Basilica, the first in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalookan.

The Holy Father Pope Leo XIV has appointed His Excellency, Most Rev. Crispin B. Varquez, D.D., the Bishop of the Diocese of Borongan in the Province of Eastern Samar, as the new Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tagbilaran in the Province of Bohol. The appointment was announced on Thursday, September 10, 2026, at 12:00NN, (6:00PM Philippine time).