Measuring one’s Catholicity in the Philippines - UCA News
Nov 19, 2024 · More than a year ago, a political commentator argued that Catholicism was in steep decline in the Philippines as evidenced by the apparent lack of religious fervor during Holy Week. He further claimed that the country’s former president, Rodrigo Duterte, demystified the Catholic Church with his tirades against it, its leaders, and its teachings.
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8 Million expected for St.Francis Xavier exposition in Goa
Nov 18, 2024 · Organizers told UCA News that this year, the relics kept in the silver casket will be transported to the Se Cathedral, 450 meters away, in a specially adorned electric carriage, deviating from the practice of select Catholics carrying them on their shoulders.
Best Articles of 2024: Top 40 Interesting Stories - UCA News
Jun 11, 2024 · Top 40 most read articles from UCA News, Top catholic perspective stories of 2023
Sunday Gospel reflection with Father William Grimm - UCA News
December 06, 2024 Sunday Gospel reflection with Father William Grimm . Advent is the season in which the Church recommits itself to living a great adventure.
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A supporter kisses Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group, upon his arrival inside the Syrian capital's landmark Umayyad Mosque to address a crowd gathered there on Dec. 8, 2024.
All the world’s a screen - UCA News
Dec 16, 2024 · All the world’s a screen, and all the men and women merely voyeurs. When historians of culture write about the latter part of the 20 th century, they will probably be astonished at the role of the two small screens found today in virtually every urban home: the TV screen which brings the world into my bedroom; and the computer screen which connects my work to the distant world.
Information and its hazards - UCA News
Nov 21, 2024 · It’s become commonplace to say that “we live in an information age,” so great is the plethora of news, advertisements, financial data, and personal messages that bombard us day and night, 24 x 7.
Reimagining Mary’s essence in Marian devotions - UCA News
Nov 19, 2024 · Marian devotions have been an evolving part of Catholic Church history, spirituality and the faith of countless Catholics worldwide. Popular Marian veneration is expressed in simple acts that include wearing scapulars or miraculous medals; praying before Marian images in homes or life-like representations in Churches robed in ‘royal and divine’ blue also symbolizing purity, humility and ...
Luce and her friends, and our own pilgrimage - UCA News
Nov 5, 2024 · The Vatican recently unveiled the 2025 Jubilee mascot, Luce, together with her friends, Fe, Xin, and Sky, and her dog, Santino, and guardian angel.