Solemnity of All Saints (November 1) First Reading: Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14 Responsorial Psalm Psalm 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 R. (see 6) Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face. Second Reading: 1 John 3:1-3 Gospel Reading: Matthew 5:1-12a When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He began to teach them, saying: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who mour

By CBCP News Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle on Wednesday cautioned against relying on artificial intelligence to prepare Catholic homilies and spiritual reflections, saying preaching must flow from personal faith and an encounter with Jesus. Preaching during Mass for the 75th anniversary of the Diocese of Legazpi, he described AI-generated preaching as only a reorganization of existing information rather than a personal testimony of faith. “If it does not come from the heart, th

By Bro. William Menes NAGA CITY — The Maximilian Ministry of the Archdiocese of Caceres marked Prison Awareness Sunday, October 25, with a series of pastoral and humanitarian activities reaching approximately 1,800 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) across five correctional facilities in Camarines Sur, the ministry's activity report said. The observance brought together practical assistance and spiritual support. Organizers reported that meals were provided to around 1,800 PD

By Dr. Ma. Asuncion Prieto-Quimlat Each year, the Saradit na Kristiyanong Komunidad (SKK) of the Immaculate Conception Parish in Naga City celebrates Rosary Month through daily recitation of the rosary in the different sitio chapels and the parish church. This year, last October 27, the group organized a Living Rosary participated in by 130 SKK members. Each member was assigned a bead in the Holy Rosary and the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Held at the Joseph Gualandi Sc

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: Exodus 22:20-26 Responsorial Psalm Psalm 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51 Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10 Gospel Reading: Matthew 22:34-40 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law tested him by asking, "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" He said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul,

Dear Father Bill, Ano po ining nadadangog ming Lakbay ni Francisco: The Jubilee Relic Tour of St. Francis of Assisi? Ano an boot sabihon kaini? Minagalang, Mercy Dear Mercy, An peregrinong reliquia (pilgrim relic) na nag-iikot ngonyan sa bilog na Pilipinas na inaapod "Lakbay ni Francisco" (Lakbay ni San Francisco) hale sa Blessed Ivan Merz Reliquarium (The Home of the Sacred Relics) na makukua sa Marikina City, Philippines. Alagad an sagradong reliquia na ini hale mismo sa ab

Catechists from across the Archdiocese gathered at the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady Peñafrancia last October 15 for the annual Catechists' Day. Themed "Dangog (Listen): Synodal Journey for ONE Mission", the gathering focused on the teachings and reflections of Pope Leo's Magnifica Humanitas. Caceres Archbishop Rex Andrew Alarcon delivered the keynote while Caceres Archbishop Emeritus Rolando Tria Tirona, OCD celebrated the mass. In his homily, Tirona emphasi

By Dr. Ma. Asuncion Prieto-Quimlat The Cluster 5 of the Caceres Gilean Ministry organized a Living Rosary with PWDs as participants. A total of 60 attendees came, representing 4 parishes in the Central District namely Naga Metropolitan Cathedral St. John Evangelist Parish, Our Lady of Peñafrancia Parish, Immaculate Conception Parish, and St. Anthony of Padua Parish (in Camaligan). In addition, two institutions joined the annual activity, Joseph Gualandi School for the Hearing

Themed "One in Christ, United in Mission", the 22nd Children and Youth Mission Festival was held last October 18, World Mission Sunday, at the Mariners Polytechnic College Foundation Gymnasium in Canaman. (Photos from Caceres Commission on Communications/Archdiocese of Caceres/Facebook)

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: Isaiah 45:1, 4-6 Responsorial Psalm Psalm 96:1, 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10 R. (7b) Give the Lord glory and honor. Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5b Gospel Reading: Matthew 22:15-21 The Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap Jesus in speech. They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. And y

Dear Father Bill, Tano ta may dagdag na Letania an pagpamibi kan Santo Rosario? Ano an katuyuhan kaini? An minagalang, Julia Dear Julia, An "Litany of Loreto," na inaapod man na "Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary," kadaklan na beses idinudugtong sa hurihan kan Santo Rosario tanganing mas orog pang matawan nin onra asin mapararom pa an paghagad nin tabang ki Santa Maria. An letania sarong serye nin mga pamibi, pangapodan ki Santa Maria na minimidbid an saiyang mga manlaen-laen

By Myrna Bermudo Kabaklay Ministry, the pastoral program for overseas Filipino workers in the Archdiocese of Caceres, organized recollections for families of migrant workers. One for children and the youth was held last month, September 6, at the Archbishop Legaspi Hall, Peñafrancia Basilica Minore with Fr. Jessel Gerard “Jboy” M. Gonzales, SJ, Director of the Ignatian Spirituality and Formation Office of Ateneo de Davao University and host of Kape’t Pandesal of the Jesuit C

Pilgrims and visitors gather in St. Peter’s Square for the closing Mass of the Vatican meeting on “Amoris Laetitia,” to be presided over by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Dean of the College of Cardinals, on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (Caption and photos from CBCP News)

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, who has presided over the beatification mass of Archbishop Fulton Sheen, has been elected last October 9 as the Dean of the College of Cardinals, succeeding Cardinal Giovanni Re. (Stock photo from CBCP News)

By Natalie Hazel Quimlat Last Tuesday, October 13, the Holy Father had a "small, localized and well-defined nodule" removed from his lung at the Agostino Gemelli Hospital in Rome. An intra-operative histological examination was done, according to the statement of the Holy See Press Office, confirming a suspected diagnosis of Lung Adenocarcinoma. Part of the Holy Father's right lung, the lower lobe, was also removed via video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS), a procedure