In Cebu, Church-owned building gives way to business spaces

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:17:20 +0000

In Cebu, Church-owned building gives way to business spaces

CEBU CITY — In the late 1950s, a group of Catholic students in this city patiently piled each hollow block while reciting “Hail Mary” as they built a recreational center called Patria de Cebu. More than 60 years later, the structure, built through prayers, is on the verge of demolition. Officials of the Archdiocese of […]

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Bishop on Duterte: ‘Some kind of change’

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2019 23:16:49 +0000

Bishop on Duterte: ‘Some kind of change’

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent call not to harm Catholic Church leaders, calling it a sign of change.

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Sto. Niño hope for Filipinos – Cebu archbishop

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 02:15:17 +0000

Sto. Niño hope for Filipinos – Cebu archbishop

You are not alone. This was the message of Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma as Cebuanos celebrated the feast of the Sto. Niño de Cebu on Sunday.

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Bishop: Victims of drug war die ‘without valid grounds’

Bishop: Victims of drug war die ‘without valid grounds’

The head of the country’s biggest Catholic archdiocese expressed full support for a planned Senate probe into the mostly drug-related daily killings in the city and province that have already claimed 198 lives since February.

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Pray to end killings, Cebu archbishop tells faithful

CEBU CITY—Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has called on Catholic residents of Cebu to turn to prayer to help end all forms of violence as the number of victims of street executions in Metro Cebu increased this year.

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Cebu archbishop: ‘Culture of impunity reigns’

Cebu archbishop: ‘Culture of impunity reigns’

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma issued what could be his strongest statement so far against the spate of killings gripping the province of Cebu and the rest of the country, saying it showed that “the culture of impunity reigns.”

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