NAGA CITY, February 27, 2010—As the countdown of the Tercentenary of the devotion to Bikol’s Ina, Our Lady of Penafrancia, the Caceres Archdiocesan Tercentenary Committee, headed by the Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi, OP, DD, released the roster of activities for the remaining seven months before the grand novena week in September.
MANILA, Feb. 24, 2010—With the increasing cases of HIV/AIDS in the country, a Catholic bishop has demanded that prostitution be banned.
Retired Arcbishop Oscar Cruz called on the authorities to look into widespread and covert prostitution as one of the HIV/AIDS “transmission realities”.
ROME, FEB. 24, 2010 (Zenit.org).- A life dedicated to teaching the faith would be exacting, Giulia Salzano warned the nuns who joined her cause. But, she also affirmed, happiness would be to die teaching the catechism.