Diocesan Statements
To be Angels of Compassion
Law enforcers have come forward confidentially to us, their spiritual leaders, to seek sanctuary, succor and protection.
“We cannot allow the destruction of lives to become normal”
I am pleased to inform you that after my letter of August 20, 2017 a multi-sectoral dialogue was held on August 25.
Discern what is good and pleasing and perfect
As your pastors, we sense the grief, the anguish, the fear, the confusion, even the outrage and the many troubling questions of family members, colleagues, classmates, friends and communities of those who were killed without due process, either as part of our government’s war on drugs or counter-insurgency measures or as plain civilian banditry.
For whom De Profundis church bells toll
On this feast of St. Augustine, together with other church leaders and dioceses, we express our deep concern for the continued spate of extra-judicial killings that have claimed even young lives and many others without due process.
Cardinal Tagle’s statement on drug-related killings
A letter from His Eminence Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle will be read in all masses (August 20) after communion.
ANG KAMPANA NG KONSENSIYA!
Panawagan sa Bayan ng Diyos sa Archdiocese ng Lingayen Dagupan
Ang gulo ng bayan!
Cardinal Quevedo’s Message on Eid al-Fitr
Eid Mubarak! As you end the holy month of Ramadan on the first day of Shawwal, I extend to you my greetings of peace in the Almighty and Merciful God.
DESECRATION IN MALAGAKIT
As the leader of the Archdiocese of Cotabato, I condemn in the strongest terms possible the wicked desecration of the Catholic Chapel of Malagakit in the parish of Pigcawayan and most especially of the Sacred Hosts that were kept there for the Catholic faithful.
Pursue What Leads to Peace
We, Catholic Bishops of Mindanao, address this Statement to every Mindanawon.
Statement of His Eminence Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle to the People of Marawi
Message to the People of Marawi
Cardinal Quevedo’s Statement on Marawi Siege
I pray for the safety of all the hostages. I appeal to the consciences of the hostage-takers not to harm the innocent
#Mercy2Earth
Dear People of God in the Diocese of San Carlos, In his encyclical, Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home, Pope Francis reminds us that “all Christian communities have an important role to play in ecological education” (LS, 214). Last year Pope Francis continued...