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Faithful told: Respect life, marriage
Respect for human life and marriage as an institution was the main call of Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma in his New Year’s Message for 2013. He echoed Pope Benedict XVI’s own message for the new year. “These principles are inscribed in human nature itself accessible to reason and thus common to all humanity,” said Palma […]
Palma questions use of PCOS machines in 2013
December 27, 2012
THE head of the Catholic Bishops of the Philippines said he favors a review of the counting machines used in the country’s first computerized general elections. Cebu Archbishop and CBCP President Jose Palma said the performance of the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines that were used in the 2010 election would be taken up […]
Palma visits Capitol Pray for peace, calm
December 22, 2012
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma went to the Capitol at 8 o’clock last night and had an hour-long, closed-door meeting with suspended governor Gwendolyn Garcia and family members. No statements were issued when Garcia and the archbishop stepped out of the governor’s office. The visit of the prelate, who earlier made a public call for […]
Palma Pulpit can’t be used against pro-RH lawmakers
December 20, 2012
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, who just arrived from Vietnam, expressed sadness the Reproductive Health bill was approved, but said he would not allow the pulpit to be used in the campaign against the law’s supporters. “I feel sad because some people and many of the legislators have the belief that anything they legislate is for […]
Palma to offer dawn Masses in Carbon, jail
December 15, 2012
For Filipinos across the country, the Christmas season is officially ushered in by “Simbang Gabi”, the traditional series of nine dawn Masses which begins tomorrow. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, who is arriving from Vietnam, won’t be able to start the series but will celebrate the Mass with Carbon market vendors and Cebu city jail inmates […]
RH bill voting falls on feast of Lady of Guadalupe
December 12, 2012
AS Catholics celebrate today the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe— patroness of the Cebu archdiocese and the unborn—the country’s congressmen will vote on whether to pass the Reproductive Health (RH) bill into law. Several bishops, priests, nuns, and pro-life advocates are expected to flock to the Lower House today to monitor the proceedings. Cebu […]
Palma Templete will be made a landmark
December 2, 2012
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said he’s willing to wait, but is confident the site of Friday’s National Thanksgiving Mass for St. Pedro Calungsod will eventually be declared a historical landmark. “In due time. It’s very obvious. This place is historical,” Palma told Cebu Daily News when asked about the prospect. Palma said he was happy […]
‘Pedro’ arrives in Rome, Triduum Masses begin
October 18, 2012
SEVERAL Cebu priests yesterday greeted the arrival of the official image of Blessed Pedro Calungsod at the Pontifico Collegio Filippino, the school for Filipino priests in Rome. The velvet-lined box was carried into the chapel by Fr. Charles Jayme and another pilgrim from Cebu, who got off a full tour bus. “We had a very […]
Palma: Church on track for Mass
September 11, 2012
Despite scaling down the templete to be built in the South Road Properties (SRP), the Cebu Archdiocese has “all the resources it needs” in hosting the Thanksgiving Mass for the canonization of the Blessed Pedro Calungsod this November. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma assured that preparations for the national thanksgiving mass are on right. “We’re on […]
Cebu leaders back Palma promotion as cardinal
August 13, 2012
CEBU leaders yesterday voiced hope that Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma becomes the next Filipino cardinal in the Vatican. “As our Archbishop, we are very proud of his nomination and we congratulate him. Archbishop Palma deserves to become the next cardinal of the Philippines,” Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia said in a text message to Cebu Daily […]
December 27, 2012
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