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A Catholic priest performs a ritual as part of lenten practice to mark Holy Wednesday in Paete, Laguna province, Philippines, April 16, 2025. (Credit: Aaron Favila/AP.)

‘There are no candidates in a conclave,’ says Filipino Cardinal David

  • Apr 24
  • Joseph San Mateo
In a file photo, Pope Francis walks next to Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias as he leaves the morning session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 9, 2014. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.)

Cardinal Gracias says Pope Francis was ‘fearless’

  • Apr 22
  • Nirmala Carvalho
People pray during a Mass for the late Pope Francis at the Cubao Cathedral in Quezon city, Philippines Monday, April 21, 2025. (Credit: Aaron Favila/AP.)

Filipinos mourn Pope Francis, ‘grandpa’ to Asia’s biggest Catholic country

  • Apr 22
  • Joseph San Mateo
Father Flavie Villanueva blesses palm fronds held by Manila's homeless and relatives of Duterte drug war victims, at the Catholic Trade Building on Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Credit: Roy Lagarde/CBCP News.)

Manila’s homeless, kin of Duterte drug war victims celebrate Palm Sunday

  • Apr 16
  • Joseph San Mateo
A Catholic holds cross made of blessed palm leaves during a Palm Sunday mass at Mariarani Cathedral in Nalgonda, Telangana State, India, Sunday, April 13, 2025. Palm Sunday marks the sixth and last Sunday of the Christian Holy month of Lent. (Credit: Mahesh Kumar A./AP.)

Police ban outdoor Way of the Cross in India’s capital

  • Apr 14
  • Nirmala Carvalho
A Narrow Gauge Train towards capital city Raipur in Chhattisgarh, India. (Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikipedia.)

Catholic religious sister accused of ‘forced conversion’ in central India

  • Apr 11
  • Nirmala Carvalho
Filipino politician Christian Sia is one of the candidates under fire for sexist jokes ahead of the Philippines' May 12 elections. (Credit: Christian "Ian" Sia/Facebook.)

Filipino Catholic, Muslim groups call out sexist, racist election jokes

  • Apr 9
  • Joseph San Mateo
The Conference of Major Superiors in the Philippines holds a thanksgiving Mass for families of Duterte drug war victims at the Minor Basilica of San Pedro Bautista in Quezon City, Philippines, on April 1, 2025. (Credit: Franciscan Communications.)

Filipino religious superiors honor families of Duterte drug war victims

  • Apr 3
  • Joseph San Mateo
Cardinal Oswald Gracias and Archbishop John Rodrigues of Bombay pray in front of a statue of John Paul II at Holy Name Cathedral Mumbai, India. (Credit: Archdiocese of Bombay.)

Church leaders in India mark the anniversary of the death of Pope St. John Paul II

  • Apr 3
  • Nirmala Carvalho
Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo, president of Caritas Philippines, is one of the petitioners seeking the Supreme Court’s help against political dynasties. (Credit: Diocese of Kidapawan via CBCP News.)

Bishops join case at Philippines’ top court to stop political dynasties

  • Apr 2
  • Joseph San Mateo

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