The Catholic faithful in Manila marked Ash Wednesday with long lines stretching outside Baclaran Church as they waited to ...

MANILA, Philippines — Leaders of the Catholic Church are asking the Filipino faithful to pray for the speedy recovery of Pope Francis, who’s been in a Rome hospital since last week for pneumonia.

The arrest of the former president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte, accused of crimes against humanity at the ...

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, leads an Ash Wednesday ...

A new English translation of the Roman Missal, which was more faithful to the Latin original, was completed and approved by the Holy See in 2010. In the Philippines, this was introduced on the first ...

The Filipino version of the “Ave Maria” was ... translation does not replace the old version but provides a “more faithful and accurate rendition” of the original Latin text.

Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, was introduced to the Philippines over 500 years ago with the arrival of Spanish missionaries.