I thank the Lord for giving me this opportunity to preside at this Eucharistic celebration on the Solemn Occasion of the Fiesta of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, together with all of you, devotees of Our Lady, our Blessed Mother, and contemplative community of Carmel, Angeles City, and our brother priests here present for concelebrating with me.

For me as your apostolic nuncio, it gives me a lot of joy and a lot of happiness to be with you this morning, here in your beautiful cathedral, dedicated to St. Gregory the Great (a Pope), here in Legazpi City.

Saint John of the Cross wrote about the “Dark Night of the Soul.”

Here's the official hymn for the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers 2025 Music and Lyrics by: Aldana Canale, Pablo...

Bonaventure was born in 1221, although some accounts say 1217, in Bagnoregio, Tuscany, the Papal States. His parents were Giovanni di Fidanza, a physician, and Maria di Ritella. He fell ill while a boy, and, as he said, was saved from death by the intercession of St. Francis of Assisi.

“People do not put new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined. Rather, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved” (Matthew 9:17).

His Excellency, the Most Rev. Julius S. Tonel, D.D., the Archbishop of Zamboanga, and Regional Representative for South Mindanao was elected as his vice president.

Archbishop Gilbert Garcera elected President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines

“You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it” (Mathew 16:18).

Ben&Ben’s Miguel and Paolo Guico were officially launched as the newest ambassadors of Caritas Philippines’ flagship program, Alay Kapwa. 

As early as the year 258 AD, there is evidence of an already lengthy tradition of celebrating the solemnities of both St. Peter and St. Paul on the same day.

One of the popular images of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus depicts a wounded heart, with a flame and a cross atop it. The heart is encircled by a crown of thorns and is radiating brilliant light.

Twenty years have come to pass since our merciful and loving Father has called to his bosom our dear Jaime Cardinal Sin.

Some Notes on the Feast of Jesus, the Eternal High Priest

The end of the last Sunday Mass today marks the end of the Easter season.

Filipinos Who Had Had Close Encounters with Pope Leo XIV by Margaux Salcedo / Dominus Est

Share with gentleness the hope that is in your hearts (cf. 1 Pet 3:15-16)

Some Notes on the Visitation, the 2nd Joyful Mystery of the Rosary.

Eugène de Mazenod, OMI (born Charles-Joseph-Eugène de Mazenod (1782 - 1861) was a French aristocrat and Bishop who founded the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. He was born into a wealthy aristocratic family in Aix-en-Provence on 1 August 1782. He was baptized the following day.

On the occasion of his inauguration, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV was seen wearing the chasuble-relic of St. John Paul II, whose 105th birthday we celebrate today, May 18, 2025.