In the Philippines, through a visit, episcopal appointments ... latest appointment to the cardinalate is Bishop Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David of the Diocese of Kalookan. David is the president of the ...

On its north is Northern Samar; on the east, the Philippine Sea ... Pope Pius X separated Samar and Leyte from the Diocese of Cebu, and formed them into one diocese, with Calbayog as its episcopal see ...

Pope Francis chose 149 of the current members of the college, most of whom will help choose his successor as cardinal ...

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, archbishop of Bologna, began his episcopal ... ever cardinal from the Central African Republic. In November 2015, he welcomed Pope Francis in the Diocese of Bangui where ...

Fluent in multiple languages and a powerful speaker, the "papable" often speaks of a “Church of the poor for the poor,” echoing the themes central ... in the Diocese of Imus, Philippines.

it was the one chosen to become the Cathedral in 1581 when the Philippines was separated from the Archdiocese of Mexico and became a new diocese with its episcopal seat in Manila. The San Agustin ...

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

“The floods have claimed lives and caused severe material damage,” they said in a statement signed by the president of the National Episcopal ... Commission of the Diocese of Kumbo, in ...

The April 21 death of Pope Francis triggered a period of mourning in the Catholic Church, but also kick-started the race for ...

Erdo, 72, the archbishop of Budapest and primate of Hungary, was twice elected head of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences ... and sent him to run the diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, in ...