Diocesan Statements
‘No to gambling casino, no to gambling in Boracay!’
As a single human family, as fellow travelers… as children of the same earth which is our common home… brothers and sisters all” (Fratelli Tutti, no. 8),
Joint Pastoral Message on the Culture of Murder and Plunder from the Metropolitan Archbishops of Northern Luzon
The Messiah must be killed and after three days rise again. The Lord predicted His fate and by His death and rising, our sins are forgiven.
Not by bread alone (Cf. Matthew 4,4a)
Not by bread alone: “El gente hinde ta viví solamente na pan, sino na cada palabra que estaba mismo na boca del Dios” (cf. Mateo 4, 4). To live in the word of God, on every word that comes forth from Him.
Galit na ba ang Diyos sa atin?
Is God punishing us? Are we getting the harvest of the sins we planted?
‘Humble yourselves before the Lord’ (James 4:10)
To you dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the clergy, men and women in the consecrated life, the lay faithful in the parishes who serve in the pastoral and finance councils, lay ministers, catechists and youth leaders, members of
An open letter to Architect Celerino S. Cuerpo from the Diocese of Dumaguete
This pertains to the joint venture agreement between your company (E.M. Cuerpo, Inc.) and the Local Government of Dumaguete City that aims to establish a 174-hectare reclamation area and convert it into an island dubbed as “Smart City” with a whopping budget of 23 billion pesos.
‘You shall not defile the land where you live’
Unlike the joyful season of Easter, our country’s situation is urgent. We are in the middle of a long-staying pandemic, with its uncertainties and deeply disturbing viciousness and escalation.
Statement of Protest Against the NCIP’s Resolution Denouncing the Use of Term Lumad
In the strongest possible terms, we the members of the Episcopal Commission for Indigenous People (ECIP) – Mindanao
Bicol Bishops’ Pastoral Letter on the Year of St. Joseph
Last December 8, 2020, on the Feast of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Francis, in his Apostolic Letter Patris Corde (With a Heart of a Father), proclaimed the celebration of the Year of St. Joseph, in order to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the declaration of St. Joseph as the Patron of the Universal Church by Pius IX on December 8, 1870.
Our Faith, Our Joy, Our Mission
Grace and peace in the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all! Let us always thank the Lord our God for the gift of faith he gave us.
Pastoral letter of Western Visayas bishops on the Tumandok killings
"The joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties…especially of those who are poor or in any way afflicted, these are the joys and hopes, the griefs and anxieites of the followers of Christ," (Gaudium et Spes, #1). Life is sacred! "YOU SHALL NOT KILL!" (Ex. 20:13)...
“He calms the storm” (Ps 107:29)
It has been seven years since Super Typhoon Haiyan or Yolanda came our way. Despite the pandemic we are going through, we still have fresh memories of the horrors we went through last November 8, 2013 and the painful months and years after.