Filipino Catholic bishops criticized vote buying and election-related violence after the 2025 midterm elections, and called ...

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

Archbishop of Manila Jose Cardinal Advincula, Pro-Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization Luis Antonio Cardinal ...

The governing body of Catholic bishops in the Philippines has not publicly endorsed senatorial candidates for the Southeast ...

MANILA, April 23 (Reuters) - The Philippines began a period of national mourning for Pope Francis on Wednesday, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ordering flags on all state buildings across the ...

As cardinals gather in the Vatican to elect a new pope -- with a Filipino among the favorites -- the church in Asia's most ...

A pope speaking Filipino, plain Filipino, talking to you like he’s talking to you directly … it will be an inspiration,’ a ...

The Catholic Church welcomed Pope Leo XIV (Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost) as its new pontiff with the Catholic Bishops' ...

Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.

MANILA, Philippines — The predominantly Catholic Philippines rejoiced and expressed warm welcome for the election of Pope Leo XIV, with some Filipinos recounting that the new pontiff had visited ...

Philadelphia Filipinos had been rooting for Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle to be the next pope and are disappointed.

These qualities have made him a popular figure not just in the Philippines, but among Catholic communities worldwide. Critics, however, have pointed to his apparent silence during critical periods ...