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The Roman Catholic church - The Pope and the Vatican

The Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines - general

Attire and Etiquette in the church

Filipino Saints, Patrons, Patronesses, Blesseds & Servants of God

St. John's - San Juan's Eve and Feast day

Santo Niño de Cebu

Churches - Shrines - Mass schedules - etc.

Apparitions - Miracles - etc.

Wedding

Divorce - Remarriage

Baptism, First Communion & Confirmation (The first 3 Sacraments)

Death - Funeral - etc.

Roman Catholic universities, colleges, highschools, elementary school etc.

Paperwork - registrations - certificates

How to Become a Roman Catholic Convert

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Catholic Church: Music - Songs - Hymns - Organs etc. for all occasions

Catholic Church: Liturgy - Bibles - Blessings - Prayers - Prayer Book - Sacraments - Songs - Hymns etc.

Filipino Saints, Patrons, Patronesses, Blesseds & Servants of God: Life - History - Hymns - Gozos

Catholic church in Cebu: Santo Niño de Cebú - Basilica del Santo Niño and Sinulog St. Niño de Cebu

Catholic Church: Links - informations - Good to know for the daily life

Catholic Church: Radio- & Televisionstations in The Vatican & Philippines

Catholic Church: Roman Catholic Church Orders, Monasteries, Abbeys & Convents in the Philippines

Advent, St. Lucy (Lucia), Christmas & New Years Evening in the Philippines

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Wedding - Marriage in the Philippines and - or to a Filipino - Filipina - Culture

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Religions in the Philippines

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The Roman Catholic church - The Pope and the Vatican

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Roman Catholic Church - The Hole See - The Vatican

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The Pontifical Anthem or Papal Anthem

is the official anthem of the Pope, the Holy See and the Vatican City State. It is played at solemn occasions of the State and ceremonies in which the Pope or one of his representatives, such as a nuncio, is present. When the Vatican's flag is ceremonially raised, only the first eight bars are played.

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Conclave 2013

White Smoke! Pope has been elected 2013-03-13

Pope Francis I,

The first days for the Pope untill - incl. 2013-03-17,

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Pope prays at Tomb of St. Peter before - and - the Inauguration Mass 2013-03-19

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Pope Benedict XVI - My Vatican and Visit the Pope at the Apostolic Palace

Join us as the heavy bronze gates of the Vatican City are thrown open for an exclusive tour of the worlds smallest state. There can be no greater guide than the man who knows the basilicas intricacies best: Joseph Ratzinger, better known to the world as Pope Benedict XVI. In this intimate documentary, he provides a first hand glimpse into life at the Vatican, where the Pope is absolute ruler and the official language is still Latin. From the archives of the Inquisition to the catacombs and museums, he guides us around numerous locations inaccessible to the public. Many have never been filmed before.

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The CatholicTV® Network, the nation's leader in family-positive religious programming, is going inside the walls of the Vatican, into Pope Benedict XVI's private residence and capturing intimate details of his daily life. Look the full description of the video HERE

The Roman Catholic church in the Philippines - general

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Pope Benedict XVI: A Living Church in the Philippines

The Pope has said that only by relying on God is it possible to humanize society and rediscover the true destiny of all mankind. Speaking to the bishops of the Philippines at the end of their Ad Limina visit, Benedict XVI praised the vitality of the Church in the Philippines, the commitment of small ecclesial communities and lay organizations who are at the forefront of transmitting the Christian message to all of society. The Pope then stressed the importance of evangelization and the formation of young Christian families based on the indissolubility of marriage. Finally, he hoped that many young people would respond to the call to the priesthood and consecrated life. Uploaded on Feb 18, 2011.

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Confession, The Sacrament of Reconciliation

The Sacrament of Reconciliation was instituted by Christ for the forgiveness of sins, returning us to the state of grace necessary for reception of the Eucharist, the Body of Christ

"To those who have been far away from the sacrament of Reconciliation and forgiving love, I make this appeal: Come back to this source of grace; do not be afraid! Christ himself is waiting for you. He will heal you, and you will be at peace with God!" - John Paul II

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Embassy of the Holy See (Apostolic Nunciature) in the Philippines

H. E. Archbishop Antonio Franco
Apostolic Nuncio
2140 Taft Avenue
Manila City 1004 Philippines
Tel. No.: (2) 521 0307
Fax No.: (2) 521 1235

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Philippine Embassy in Vatican, the Holy See (Vatican City)
Mercedes Arrastia Tuason, Ambassador
Via Paolo VI, 29
00193 Rome
Holy See (Vatican City)

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Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Catholic Church in Philippines - Catholic-Hierarchy
Catholic Churches in the Philippines
Catholic Church in the Philippines
Map of the Philippines showing the different archdioceses

List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of the Philippines HERE

Map of the Philippines showing the different apostolic vicariates
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines - CBCP

ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCES OF THE PHILIPPINES

The Military Ordinariate of the Philippines or MOP
The Official Website of the Archdiocese of Cebu (CBCP)
The Official Website of the Archdiocese of Cebu (ORG)
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu

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List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of the Philippines HERE

Archdiocese of Cebu

Commission on Youth

The Official Website of  Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila
The Official Website of the Diocese of Parañaque

territories the cities of Parañaque, Las Piñas, and Muntinlupa

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro

(Archidioecesis Cagayanae)

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Borongan
The Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe covers the two civil provinces of Ifugao and the Mountain Province

Look also HERE and HERE

Archdiocese of Jaro
Roman Catholic Diocese of Talibon

The Diocese of Talibon comprises half of the civil province of Bohol

The Official Website of the Diocese of Balanga

Look also HERE and HERE

CatholicSource mainpage

The Official Website of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)

Look CBCP News and CBCP Online Radio HERE

Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas

Episcopal Commission on the Laity

(Council of the Laity of the Philippines)

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The Episcopal Commission for the Biblical Apostolate (ECBA)

is a pastoral commission of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) whose area of competence and service is the biblical-pastoral ministry in its five-fold ministries of:

◦Animating Biblical-Pastoral Formation (ABPF),
◦Organizing Bible Celebration (OBC),
◦Promoting Bible Translation (PBT),
◦Assisting Bible Production (ABP),
◦Coordinating Bible Distribution (CBD).
Impact Magazine - online
The Philippine Jesuits

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The Knights of Columbus Fraternal Association of the Philippines, Inc. (KCFAPI)
The Pinoy Catholic The Pinoy Catholic - Rants, ramblings, raves and reflections of a Filipino Catholic
The Original Catholic Encyclopedia
Commission on Youth (COY) - Archdiocese of Cebu Website. The Youth Ministry and Program in the Archdiocese of Cebu
The Apostles Filipino Catholic Community (AFCC)
The Catholic Encyclopedia
Catholic Biblical Federation - Look countries HERE
Roman Catholicism in the Philippines

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List of parishes in Cebu
How to find

Philippines Church Records

While each church has its own policies on record keeping, most churches keep records of:

  • Baptisms
  • Christenings
  • Confirmations
  • Marriages
  • Burials
  • Memberships
  • Admissions
  • Removals
ANGELUS (Orasyon in Tagalog)

The Angelus (Latin for "angel") is a devotion in memory of the Incarnation

The devotion was traditionally recited in Roman Catholic churches, convents, and monasteries three times daily: 6:00 am, noon, and 6:00 pm, many churches still follow the devotion, and some practice it at home. The Angelus is usually accompanied by the ringing of the Angelus bell, which is a call to prayer and to spread good-will to everyone on Earth

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ANGELUS (Orasyon in Tagalog)

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Holy Week

Semana Santa or Mahal na Araw

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Easter in the Philippines: 'A celebration of Faith'
Holy Week - Lent and Moriones
Holy Week in the Philippines
CAVINTI DIASPORA “Simbang Gabi,” A Christmas Tradition in the Philippines

a series of nine dawn masses that starts on December 16th and ends on the midnight of December 24th

Attire and Etiquette in the church

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Proper Catholic Etiquette at Mass and Away

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Attire and Etiquette in the church

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Church Etiquette

walkwithfriends wrote on Jul 31, 2011: A video we made at Silay about proper church etiquette

PROPER ATTIRE IN CHURCH POSTER
Reminders for the proper acts of respect inside the church

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A clip from Why Do Catholics Do What They Do? (In Church)

Symbols and signs are essential to the Roman Catholic Liturgy and Ritual. Candles: - What do they represent? How and when are they used and how do they effect us? What is the meaning of the water? Why do we kneel? This program will help young people, catechumens and even life-long Catholics to better understand the important reasons for these traditions and how they help us grow in faith.

General about being a catholic.

Filipino Saints, Patrons, Patronesses, Blesseds & Servants of God

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List of Filipino Saints, Blesseds, and Servants of God
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz:
The First Filipino Saint

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A Novena In Honor of
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz
(Feast – September 28)

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The Life of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila

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Blessed Pedro Calungsod

Young Martyr of the Visayas

(c. 1654[1] – April 2, 1672) was a 17-year old Roman Catholic Filipino sacristan and catechist who (along with Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores) suffered religious persecution and martyrdom in Guam for their missionary work in the Marianas Islands in 1672.

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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

CEBU CITY -- One more step, and the country may soon have its first Visayan saint.

Pope Benedict XVI has promulgated a decree acknowledging the miraculous healing attributed to the intercession of a Visayan martyr, Blessed Pedro Calungsod, said Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma. (Ref.: SUN STAR Cebu)

BLESSED PEDRO CALUNGSOD WILL BE CANONIZED ON OCT. 21, 2012.

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Blessed Pedro Calungsod

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Second Filipino Saint

The Canonization Of Blessed Pedro Calungsod Sunday, 21 October 2012

Gozos & song - Life of Pedro Calungsod

Feast of Blessed Pedro Calungsod celebrated every 2nd day of April

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The Holy Catholic Saint - Family - different appearing of Mama Mary

St. John's - San Juan's Eve and Feast day

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St. John's Eve Celebrating of St. John's - San Juan's Eve

The evening of June 23, St John's Eve, is the eve of celebration before the Feast Day of St John the Baptist.

Celebrating of "Araw ng San Juan or San Juan Day"

Pista ng Bayan ng San Juan

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Basilica  del Santo Niño and Sinulog St. Niño de Cebu

Numerous miracles have been wrought by the power of the Santo Niño. It is said that a voluminous book is needed to contain all the attestations and testimonials of the goodness and mercy of the Infant Jesus of Cebu. Considered as the prime of all Christian relics in the Philippines, the image of the Infant Jesus continues to shine as the lodestar that attracts the hearts of the Filipino people.

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The Roman Catholic church in Cebu

Basilica del Santo Niño and Sinulog St. Niño de Cebu,  Hymns & Tributes and much more!

 

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Churches - Shrines - Mass schedules - etc.

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Historical Catholic Churches

Many videos etc. about "The Historical Catholic Churches - Shrines - Organs etc." in the Philippines

Magellan´s Cross in Cebu City, read also HERE where there´s more link

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Magellan's Cross

is a large Christian cross planted by Portuguese and Spanish explorers as ordered by Ferdinand Magellan upon arriving in Cebu in the Philippines in 1521. This cross is housed in a small chapel next to the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño on Magallanes Street (Magallanes being the Spanish name of Magellan), just in front of the city hall of Cebu City

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Catholic Churches in the Philippines

with Mass Schedules

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Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral

is the ecclesiastical seat of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu in Cebu. Cebu was established as a diocese on August 14, 1595.

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Catholic Churches in Cebu

with Mass Schedules

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Welcome to Basilica del Sto. Niño

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Augustinian Province of Sto. Niño de Cebu
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Official video of the hymn of the Augustinian province of Sto. Niño de Cebu made by San Agustin Center of Studies Mass Media Center.
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Santa Ana Chapel

St. John Sahagun Parish

Toledo City, Cebu

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Gozos ni Sr. San Juan Sahagun

by the St. Cecilia Choir Toledo City Cebu

Look the full description of the video of Gozos ni Sr. San Juan Sahagun and the life of Sr. San Juan Sahagun HERE

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The Manila Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica

also known as the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception and informally as Manila Cathedral

is a prominent Latin Rite Roman Catholic basilica located in Manila, honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, the Principal Patroness of the Philippines.

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Mary Immaculate Parish

Las Piñas City

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Las Piñas Nature Church

The famous Las Piñas Nature Church of the Parish of Mary Immaculate. The church was constructed in 1986 and was conceptualized by former parish priest, Fr. Pierino Rogliardi and executed by noted architect Francisco “Bobby” Manosa and landscapist Linggoy Alvarez., the church is famous for its organic elements - from its anahaw roofing to its benches made from star apple trunks. The church complex is built on a 4000 square meter mango orchard.

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Baguio Churches & Parishes
Complete list of Churches, Chapels, Shrines & Missions in Baguio City & Benguet, Philippines with addresses etc.
The "City of God": Historical Churches, Convents and Monasteries

In the Philippines, the baroque churches of the Spanish colonial period constitute the most emblematic element of the country's architectural heritage.

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Barasoain Ecclesiastical Museum

Barasoain Church

Malolos, Bulacan, Central Luzon - Open Hours: 8:00am - 12:00nn, 1:00pm - 5:00pm (Monday to Friday)

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Philippine Heritage Watch Philippine Heritage Watch

Heritage mistakes and disasters so that the public may know

Church realities: 1900 - 1965 Church realities: 1900 - 1965
Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag

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Paoay Church

(also known as the St. Augustine Church in Paoay) is a historical church located in Paoay, Ilocos Norte.

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The Fortress and Church of Miagao

Santo Tomas de Villanueva Church

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Simala Sibonga Monastery

The Marian Monks of the Eucharistic Adoration

Marian Hills, Lindogon, Simala Sibonga, Cebu

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Moalboal In My Mind

Stone churches were meant to withstand time but this one in the town of Moalboal did not. Well it did not because it was not made of stones in the first place.
Century Old Churches of Southern Cebu
  • St. Gregory The Great Church, Ginatilan
    St. Michael Archangel Church, Samboan
    St. Francis Xavier Church, Alegria
  • St. Michael the Archangel, Argao
  • St. Francis of Assisi Church, Dumanjug
  • San Guillermo el Ermitaño, Dalaguete
  • San Nicolas de Tolentino, Malabuyoc
  • Patrocinio de Maria Church, Boljoon
  • Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church, Oslob
7 interesting churches in Cebu, a visita iglesia
  • Dumanjug Church
  • Bantayan Church
  • Carcar Church
  • Minor Basilica of Sto. Niño de Cebu
  • Boljoon Church
  • Argao Church
  • Naga Church

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The Great Churches of Bohol

Sibonga Church in My Mind

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Sta. Monica Parish

Panay Capiz

MONICA PARISH CHURCH

Mass schedule

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A tour of the Famous Sta Monica Church in Panay City

The bell's inscription, of course, is in Spanish, and says: "I´m the voice of God Which I will carry and exalt from one extreme to the end of this town of Panay an so those faithful in Jesus Christ will come to this house of God to receive the heavenly grace"

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Architecturally Unique Churches in the Philippines

Both modern and Historical

San Agustin Church: The Oldest Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines
Historic church of Balangiga in Eastern Samar

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Barasoain Church

also known as Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish built in 1630 in Malolos City, Bulacan. Having earned the title as the Cradle of Democracy in the East, the most important religious building in the Philippines, and the site of the First Philippine Republic, the Church is proverbial for its historical importance among Filipinos.

Sacred Heart Parish - Jesuit, Cebu City
Pictures of Churches in Cebu
Baguio Catholic Cathedral
dedicated to Our Lady of Atonement. During World War II it became an evacuation center and withstood the Japanese carpet bombing of the city in 1945, thereby saving thousands of lives.
Some mortuary chapels in Luzon and the Visayas
Aglipay Shrine (Batac, Ilocos Norte)

Gregorio Aglipay, a former Catholic priest who, due to his support for the Philippine Revolution, was excommunicated and later on founded the Philippine Independent Church aka the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI). Look Religions in the Philippines

Church of Antipolo

The religious shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage, popularly known as the Virgin of Antipolo (Birhen ng Antipolo).

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The National Historical Institute

Shrines and Landmarks

List of Catholic Churches with addresses, phone, fax and e-mail informations

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Famous Historic Shrines And Monuments in The Philippines
Las Piñas Bamboo Organ

The National Museum of the Philippines declared the Las Pinas Bamboo Organ as The National Cultural Treasure being the finest and the only one in the 19th century that is still working in the Philippines

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Apparitions - Miracles - etc.

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The Miracle at Lipa Carmel - 1948 Marian Apparition

Our Lady of Mediatrix of All Graces (Tagalog: Aming Inang Tagapamagitan ng lahat ng Biyaya) is an alleged Marian apparition that took place in the Carmelite Monastery of Batangas, Philippines, to a religious postulant, Teresita Castillo. The apparition is known in the Philippines for the rose petals which showered within the vicinity of the monastery, some bearing religious Catholic imagery which believers hold to be miraculous.

Initially declared by a local bishop as non-supernatural in 1951, the case was reopened in 1991 and is pending investigation by the Holy See while the Metropolitan Archbishop Ramon Arguelles of Archdiocese of Lipa find "no objection in the veneration of Mary and its doctrine" under this title. Presently, the Marian veneration is tolerated and endorsed by the Archdiocese of Lipa and the Archdiocese of Manila.

On March 3, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI was presented a Mediatrix statue by Bishop Guillermo Afable during the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines Ad Limina visit, to which the pontiff was photographed and exclaimed ''La Madonna!" in a surprised happy gesture. On March 9, 2011, a life-sized Mediatrix statue brought by Filipino bishops was publicly displayed in the general Wednesday papal audience at Pope Paul VI Audience Hall.

The religious image described and sculpted according to the vision of Teresita Castillo is licensed and approved by the Archdiocese of Manila for public veneration in various Filipino religious communities. Philippine Ambassador to the Holy See, Madam Mercedes Arrastia Tuason is a known devotee of the Marian title and displays a large statue in her consulate office in Rome.

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Mt. Banahaw: Pilgrim Site Every Holy Week

Sta. Lucia Falls - The Healing Waters of Mt. Banahaw

Mt. Banahaw is a famous traditional pilgrimage site for the locals and native tourists especially during the Holy Week, when psychic energy is said to be dominating the area. It is also the said place where faith and spiritual healers get their mystic powers during the divine intervention on Holy Week.

Mount Banahaw is one of the active volcanos in the Philippines. The mountain and its environs are considered sacred by the local residents because of its "holy water", which allegedly have beneficial qualities, issuing forth from local springs and its "puwestos, or the "holy sites". Their location having been revealed to a man in the Spanish Era by the "Santo Boses" or the "Holy Voice".

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Read more about St. Lucy (Lucia) HERE

Wedding

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Courtship, Wedding & Marriage in the Philippines

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Traditional Catholic wedding ceremony and wedding liturgy

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Video

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Pope Warns Against Marrying Muslims

Testimonies of Brutal Domestic Abuse  - Cerab's Story

The video is in German language but it has English subtext

Couragious and confrontative German newsreport on the muslim abuse of women.

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Warning - IMPORTANT - Warning!

INTER-FAITH MARRIAGES A FEW THEOLOGICAL AND PASTORAL PERSPECTIVES OF INTER-FAITH MARRIAGES

by Fr. Vimal Tirimanna
CSsR Executive Secretary FABC Office of Theological Concerns
Interfaith Marriages

Firstly it is important to point out that Muslim men are not allowed to marry any non-Muslim women.

&

Why can’t a Muslim Woman marry a non-Muslim Man?

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Cebu Archdiocese’s new guidelines for church weddings

To stop wedding planners’ extras, Catholic Church in Cebu lays guidelines for weddings

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The Official Website of  Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila

Marriage Clearances and Dispensations

Important to read for foreigners and non-catholics

Ritual of Marriage

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Filipino Catholic Wedding Ceremony Filipino Catholic Wedding Ceremony

Ceremony is 40 minutes long as presented here.

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CHURCH REQUIREMENTS CHURCH REQUIREMENTS FOR MARRIAGE WITH FOREIGNERS
Faiths And Fated Love
Church Requirements for Mixed Marriages

by Gladys Pinky Tolete
MARRIAGE OF FILIPINO AND FOREIGN NATIONAL MARRIAGE OF FILIPINO AND FOREIGN NATIONAL - paperwork
Catholic Wedding Celebration Guidelines Catholic Wedding Celebration Guidelines

City Hall Requirements for a Catholic Wedding in the Philippines

Marriage Cultural Adaptations Archdiocese of Santa Fe

Rite of Marriage Cultural Adaptations

Blessing of Arrhae (Arras)
Roman Catholic Marriage

Wedding - Music - Songs - Hymns

The Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines:

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A Wedding in Cebu General (Catholic) Church Wedding Requirements

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Divorce and the Catholic Church
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Marriage, Annulment & Divorce in the Catholic Church

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Religion and divorce

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NULLITY of MARRIAGE NULLITY of MARRIAGE

Divorce - annulment of marriage

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What is the First Communion & Confirmation?

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THE CATHOLIC FUNERAL SHOULD WE HAVE A CATHOLIC FUNERAL?
  • THE CATHOLIC FUNERAL
  • The Vigil
  • The Funeral Mass
  • The Rite of Committal
Purgatory

is not Hell minus a few torments and degrees Fahrenheit; it's not Heaven minus joy. It's not a "Third Final Destination" of souls. Purgatory is simply the place where already saved souls are cleansed of the temporal effects of sin before they are allowed to see the holy face of Almighty God. Revelation 21:27 tells us that "...nothing unclean will enter Heaven."

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Catholic funeral mass etiquette for non-Catholics
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Filipino Necrological Rites

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A tradition in the Philippines on how Filipinos show their last respect to their beloved.

Traditional burial refuses to die

By FRANCIS T. WAKEFIELD

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Funeral Ideas

Planning for a funeral is often at a time when we are least ready.

Being Catholic - Burying the Dead:
  • Catholic Funerals
  • The Vigil (Wake)
  • The Requiem Mass
  • Burial and Informal After-burial Gatherings
  • Who may not have a Christian Burial

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DEATH PRAYERS

A collection of beautiful prayers for the dead or dying.

NINE-DAY NOVENA PRAYER FOR THE DEAD
Funeral Rights & Rites

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Video

Funeral Rights & Rites

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Funeral - A Filipino Culture Tradition to Remember
Rules for non-catholics receiving catholic funeral-mass

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Filipino or Cebuano Funeral Traditions Filipino or Cebuano Funeral Traditions

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Organ-ic Chemist Filipinos and Funeral Traditions

Catholic Funeral Beliefs

St. Brigid of Kildare

Catholic Funeral Beliefs

Death and Loss in the Philippines
Death and Loss in the Philippines
by/ Sandi Clark

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Documents needed for shipping Human Remains to the Philippines
"Catholic Cremation – A Sometimes Controversial and Misunderstood Subject"

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Some Pastoral Concerns about Cremation

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Cremation getting wide acceptance
The Practice of Cremation
Can Catholics Be Cremated?

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Mariannet burial Saturday; Church in dilemma

Mariannet committed suicide!

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Funeral Masses for a Suicide FAQ about Funeral Masses for a Suicide

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Filipino - Cebuano Funeral Traditions

Traditional & Ethnic - Indigenous Death, Funeral, Burial & Mourning - Etc.

All About

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Maryhill School of Theology

A Catholic theological institute of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM)

62 14th St., corner Gilmore Ave., New Manila, Quezon City

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The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines or CEAP

is the biggest voluntary organization group of Catholic schools in the country. Founded in 1941, CEAP promotes teaching of Religion as an essential element of Catholic education. It counts approximately 1,200 members as of September 2007, inclusive of pre-elementary, elementary, secondary schools, universities and colleges, and graduate schools.

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MANILA ARCHDIOCESAN AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION

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Roman Catholic universities and colleges in the Philippines

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Roman Catholic schools in the Philippines

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Roman Catholic Educational centers in Cebu

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The Catholic Filipino Academy (CFA)

Homeschooling

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PhilCare Foundation inc.

Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education

Sharing Jesus

DOES GOD UNDERSTAND SIGN LANGUAGE?

Deaf students and adults are free to attend the church of their choice. IDEA Philippines has helped establish a Deaf Church where the pastor is himself deaf.

Catholic Faith Education Catholic Faith Education

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Embassy of the Philippines

Jurisdiction for: Norway, Denmark & Iceland

Read about "Report of Marriage"

National Statistics Office (NSO)

"Report of Marriage" of MUSLIM FILIPINOS

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e-Census

Need a birth, marriage, death certificate or CENOMAR (Singleness)? e-Census allows you to request these documents anytime, anywhere!

The Official Website of  Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila

CHURCH RECORD CHANGES AND RECONSTRUCTION

The Chancery Department of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila is the Secretariat of the diocese. One of its functions is to receive documents and authorize changes and corrections in the registers of baptism, confirmation and marriage.

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How to Become a Roman Catholic Convert

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Welcome to this website dedicated to the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). 

The purpose of this site is to fill a gap.  There is a lot of information about the RCIA on the web. 

However, here are free teaching material gathered in one place that is appropriate for each of the periods of the process.

I am proud to be associated with the very comprehensive Wikipedia article on the RCIA, much of which I have written and formatted.  I have used the content of this article to explain the Periods & Steps involved in the RCIA Process. I hope you find this site of some use. God Bless,

Chris Sloan

R.C.I.A. THE R.C.I.A.
(The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)

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Catholic Converts

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The Roman Catholic church

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Filipino Saints, Patrons, Patronesses, Blesseds & Servants of God

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The Roman Catholic church in Cebu

Santo Niño de Cebú - Basilica del Santo Niño and Sinulog St. Niño de Cebu

The Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines:

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Catholic "Traditions"

Baptismal - Wedding - Advent & Christmas - Lenten - Eastern - Whitsun

Auxiliary - Associate Missionaries of the Assumption (AMA) - Philippines
The Cathedral Museum of Cebu
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Crafts - Making of Philippine Relicarios. Miniature Paintings by Gregory Halili

Miniature watercolors paintings on vintage, pre-ban ivory and mother-of-pearl, encased in genuine Philippine antique reliquary and brooches. The images are inspired by the saints of Semana Santa or Holy Week. The artworks are created between 2005 and 2011 and will be shown September 2012 at SLab Gallery in Makati, Philippines.

The Miraculous Medal

also known as the Medal of the Immaculate Conception, is a medal originated by Saint Catherine Labouré following her reported vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Filipino Traditional Roman Catholic
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Traditional Roman Catholic in the Philippines Mabuhay! Welcome to this blog dedicated in spreading news regarding related happening concerning the restoration and promotion of orthodox and traditional Roman Catholic customs, traditions, practices, music, sacred art and liturgy in the Philippine setting.
What's the difference between Christian catholic and Roman catholic religion?

Nothing.

East Asian Pastoral Institute

A multicultural Catholic community

Philippines

THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN CATHOLICISM AND PHILIPPINE SOCIETY

by/ Jose Mario C. Francisco, S.J., current EAPI director

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Catholic Orphanages Catholic Children´s Shelter - Institutions - Orphanages & Asylums
CHRISTIANITY IN THE PHILIPPINES CHRISTIANITY IN THE PHILIPPINES

Professor Susan Russell
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Family planning & Birth Control Policy in the Philippines

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The Catholic Family The Catholic Family - Tips on Raising Your Children Catholic

So many good informations and links

Public Holidays in the Philippines

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A special non-working holiday A special non-working holiday

that gives “full opportunity to our people to properly observe [All Saints’ Day] with all its religious fervor which invariably requires them to travel to and from different regions of the country.”

Philippine Proclamation No. 265

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Heritage & Museums Heritage & Museums - mostly in Visayas
Culture look more about weddingculture etc.
Festivals - Fiestas Many of these "Festivals - Fiestas - Events" are catholic festivals e.g. Sinulog
DANISH-DANSK

Den Katolske Kirke i Danmark, bispedømmet København
The Catholic Church in Denmark
The Catholic Church in Denmark

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DANISH-DANSK

The Catholic Church in Denmark
DANISH-DANSK

Danish Catholic Church - Blessings & Hymns

Danish Catholic Church - Blessings & Hymns

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