CBCP Statements
Anticipating to celebrate our liturgy in the ‘new normal’ condition
We eagerly await the time in the “New Normal” condition when we will be allowed to celebrate our liturgy, especially the Holy Eucharist,
Recommendations and Guidelines for the Liturgical Celebration in ‘New Normal’ Condition
We need the Lord – the Bread of Life – in the Holy Eucharist! The Holy Eucharist is central and essential to the life of the Church and to the life of each individual believer.
CBCP Statement on the closure of ABS-CBN
My first thought in the currently much talked-about closure of ABS-CBN is our people – our people who are in these extremely difficult and trying times because of the coronavirus pandemic.
CBCP message for Easter 2020
What kind of an Easter Message can I give in these difficult days?
Supplement to the Recommendations for Holy Week and Paschal Triduum Celebrations in Time of Covid-19
Circular No. 20-19TO ALL THE BISHOPS AND THE DIOCESAN ADMINISTRATORSYour Eminences, Your Excellencies, and Reverend Administrators:RE: Supplement to the Recommendations for Holy Week and Paschal Triduum Celebrations in Time of Covid-19This present Circular is a...
A Call and Invitation to a Special Day of Prayer for our Frontline Medical Personnel
Circular No. 20-18TO ALL THE BISHOPS AND THE DIOCESAN ADMINISTRATORSYour Eminences, Your Excellencies and Reverend Administrators:RE: A CALL AND INVITATION TO A SPECIAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR OUR FRONTLINE MEDICAL PERSONNEL IN THIS TIME OF CRISISAlthough I am quite sure...
Pope calls for world prayer to stop coronavirus
Heeding the Pope’s invitation, we recommend that we will pray together the Lord’s Prayer at 6 o’clock in the evening on March 25.
Recommendations for the Celebrations of the Holy Week During the Quarantine Period
Circular No. 20-15
March 20, 2020
Public Health Emergency, Code Red Sub-Level Two – COVID-19
It is now the time to respond together as a Church with greater seriousness to the potential havoc that a more widespread transmission of this virus can cause on our people.
CBCP circular on public health emergency due to COVID-19
The Department of Health (DOH) has declared a state of public health emergency in the country.
Towards fraternal humanity for peace in our land
As the Catholic Church in the Philippines dedicates this year 2020 to “Ecumenism, Interreligious Dialogue and Indigenous Peoples,” we can recall the historical statement signed by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, the two highest leaders of Christianity and Islam, on February 4, 2019 in Abu Dhabi.
I look up to the mountains
Statement on the Kaliwa Dam