Philippines' Bishop Ambo now a cardinal. He is also the first from the Diocese of Kalookan, a two-decades-old ecclesiastical territory carved out from the Archdiocese of Manila in 2003.

MANILA, Philippines — Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio “Ambo” David on Sunday reminded the faithful that evil teaches people to be like God in the wrong way “and that is to aspire [for] ...

File photo shows Pope Francis elevating Filipino Bishop Pablo "Ambo" David of Kalookan, one of the poorest corners of Manila, to the College of Cardinals on December 7, 2024.

Bishop Ambo also dwelled on the first reading about how a young David was chosen by Yahweh, and not through Samuel’s own gut feel, to succeed Saul as king of Israel. Of Jesse’s older sons who were ...

BISHOP Pablo Virgilio “Ambo” S. David of Kalookan was officially elevated to the College of Cardinals by Pope Francis on Saturday, making him the 10th Filipino cardinal in history. The solemn ...

Bishop Ambo, as David is fondly called, was born on March 2, 1959, in Betis, Guagua, Pampanga, to spouses Pedro Sahagun David and Bienvenida Sanchez Siongco, “at an early age, ...

With Bishop Ambo, we pray for an end to the culture of impunity that reigns in our country, and for the creation of a just and inclusive society in which the dignity and rights of all, particularly ...

MANILA, Philippines – Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio “Ambo” David took his oath as the 10th Filipino cardinal on Saturday, December 7, joining an elite group of Catholic clergymen tasked to ...

The Right Rev. George Ambo, 37, had a miter placed on his head in St. John’s Cathedral of Brisbane, Australia, and became the first South Pacific native to be made a bishop.

Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David will have a fresh two-year term as president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). July 10, 2022 News ...

Bishop Pablo Virgilio ‘Ambo’ David, soon to be the 10th cardinal from the Philippines, even asks the person who broke the news: ‘Joke?’ It was a laid-back Sunday morning, October 6 for ...