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  ANG KADAKILAAN AT KABANALAN NI CARDINAL GAUDENCIO ROSALES   (isang lumang larawan ng Kardinal kasama ang mga simpleng tao)   Alam ng noo’y Lipa Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales kung gaano kahirap sumunod sa yapak ni Jaime Cardinal Sin kaya’t hindi agad siya pumayag sa alok na maging kahalili nito. Matapos ang pagdarasal at ang pagsangguni, saka lamang maluwag sa loob na tinanggap niya ang pinakamataas na posisyon sa simbahan ng Pilipinas noong 2003. Dito pa lamang, mababanaag na ang kababaang-loob ng dating lider espirituwal ng simbahan ng Lipa.   Mahal na mahal ng Arsobispo Rosales ang kanyang tinubuang bayan ng Batangas kung saan nagmula siya sa isang pamilyang may pangalan at kinikilala. Matapos mag-aral sa San Jose Seminary, naging ganap na pari noong 1958 ang noo’y kilala bilang si Fr. Gaudencio Rosales. Naglingkod siya bilang isang tagahubog ng seminaryo sa Lipa ng 12 taon. Naging simpleng kura paroko din siya ng isang pinakamaliit at pina...

  PATULOY ANG PAG-UUSIG O PERSECUTION SA MGA KATOLIKO SA CHINA, AT GAYUNDIN SA IBANG MGA KRISTIYANO AT MGA RELIHYON DOON, NG KOMUNISTANG GOBYERNO SA PAMUMUNO NI XI JINPING.   IPAGDASAL NATIN SA MAHAL NA BIRHENG MARIA LALO NA SA MAYO 24, 2022 (KAPISTAHAN NG MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS), ANG KALAGAYAN NG MGA KAPATID NATING KATOLIKO.   NARITO ANG ILANG MGA LIDER KRISTIYANO NA PINAG-UUSIG NG GOBYERNONG KOMUNISTA NG CHINA:     CARDINAL JOSEPH ZEN       Si Cardinal Zen ay ang retired bishop ng Hongkong, tagapagtaguyod ng kalayaan ng pananampalataya, karapatang pantao at demokrasya.   Inaresto at kinasuhan dahil sa kanyang suporta sa kilusang demokratiko. Nakalaya dahil sa piyansa, siya ay nakatakdang haharap sa korte sa Mayo 24 at tila mapapatawan ng sentensya ng habang buhay na pagka-bilanggo.     BISHOP JAMES SU ZHIMIN       Si Bishop Su ay isa sa pinakamatagal na naging political p...

    St. Lawrence praying for the souls in Purgatory Sa isang pagtitipon, may nagtanong sa yumaong Cardinal Jaime Sin kung totoong nakakakita siya ng mga espiritu ng mga yumao.   Hindi nagsayang ng oras ang Cardinal sa pagku-kuwento tungkol sa kanyang mga karanasan. Aniya, noong nasa pilgrimage siya sa Holy Land taong 1975, iniwan niya bilang administrator ng Archdiocese of Manila ang katuwang na obispo na si Bishop Hernando Antiporda, na halos kasisimula pa lamang ng appointment bilang parish priest ng Quiapo Church.   Nasa Holy Land na si Cardinal Sin nang nagulat siya na biglang pumasok sa hotel room niya si Bishop Antiporda. Ang unang reaksyon ng Cardinal ay magalit at tanungin ito kung bakit sumunod sa pilgrimage gayong siya ang inaasahan niyang tagapamahala ng archdiocese habang wala siya.   Nagpaliwanag si Bishop Antiporda na nais lang niyang ipabatid kay Cardinal Sin na pumanaw na siya noong araw na iyon. At bigla itong naglaho. Nagulat ang Ca...

  Sa isang munting pagtitipon, nagkaroon ng sharing. Naroon si Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales ng Maynila.   Nagkuwento ang Cardinal ng kanyang karanasan noong siya ay dati pang katuwang na obispo ng Maynila at naka-assign sa Antipolo Church (hindi pa ito katedral noon). Kilala pa siya noon bilang Bishop Rosales.   Minsan daw na nagmamadali sila ng kanyang tsuper (driver) na bumalik sa Antipolo ay sinabihan niya itong magmadali sa pagmamaneho para huwag mahuli sa appointment. Walang anu-ano ay may isang maliit na batang babae na bigla na lamang tumawid ng kalsada na hindi napansin ng tsuper.   Kitang-kita ni Bishop Rosales at ng driver niya kung paanong nabangga ng kotse ang bata at humagis sa ere bago bumagsak sa lupa. May mga nakasaksi at naglapitan ang mga tao. Dumating din ang mga magulang ng batang babae.   Dali-daling pinulot nila ang bata at isinakay sa kotse ni Bishop Rosales upang ihatid sa ospital. Sa emergency room, sinab...

SA PAGGUNITA SA 500 TAON NG KRISTIYANISMO SA PILIPINAS   Tubong Guagua, Pampanga at ika-apat sa pitong magkakapatid na anak nina   Gaudencio at Rosalia, si Rufino Jiao Santos ay isinilang noong Agosto 26, 1908.   Siyam na taong gulang nang pumasok si Rufino Santos sa Manila Cathedral Parochial School at labingdalawang taong gulang naman nang pumasok sa San Carlos Seminary na noon ay nasa Mandaluyong.   Nag-aral siya sa Roma noong 1927, kasama ang naging obispo din na si Fr Leopoldo Arcaira na mula din sa San Carlos, habang nakatira sa Pontificio Collegio Pio Latino Americano. Sila ang unang dalawang scholar na Pilipino sa Gregorian University. Nagtapos siya ng Doctorate of Sacred Theology sa Gregorian University sa Roma noong 1931 bilang salutatorian ng kanilang batch. Sa Roma din siya na-ordenan bilang pari sa Basilica of St. John Lateran.   Pagbalik sa Pilipinas, naging assistant parish priest siya sa Imus, Cavite at pagkatapos ay parish priest...

His Eminence Jose F. Advincula was born on March 30, 1952 in Dumalag, Capiz.  - ordained a priest: on April 4, 1976 - he was made Papal Chaplain of Pope John Paul II  in 1997 - appointed Bishop of San Carlos on July 25, 2001 - ordained bishop on Sept. 8, 2001 - appointed Archbishop of Capiz on Nov. 9, 2011 - announced by Pope Francis as new Filipino Cardinal on October 25, 2020 - appointed Archbishop of Manila, March 25, 2021, Solemnity of the Annunciation  - installed Archbishop of Manila, June 24, 2021, Solemnity of the Birth of St. John the Baptist     Si Cardinal Jose F. Advincula ang ika-33 Arsobispo ng Maynila, ang pangunahing arkidiyosesis sa Pilipinas at sa buong Asya.   Kilala siya bilang isang pastol na mapagmahal sa kanyang kawan. Hinimok niya ang kanyang mga pari sa Capiz na maging malapit sa mga kabataan at maging handang makinig sa mga problema ng mga ito, sa panahon kung kailan napansin niyang tumataas ang bilang ng ...

I very much liked his smile In the two conclaves of 1978 the Archbishop of Manila was the youngest cardinal. Today he remembers... by Cardinal Jaime L. Sin   I ndeed time flies so fast. It was just like yesterday when I went to Rome to attend the two papal elections. It was Pope Paul VI of good memory who made me a cardinal in May of 1976. I was the youngest Cardinal then at 47 years old. Pope Paul VI was a serious but gentle Pope. He was very firm in upholding the teachings of the Church (as exemplified when he issued Humanae Vitae ), but because of his diplomatic background, he was also a good listener. During the conclave following his death, I was still the youngest among the cardinals and so I was the doorkeeper. I was the one who attended to the needs of some of the elderly and infirm cardinals. I remember helping out Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice one night. He was very simple, humble and meek. I liked his smi...

With no help in sight, Cardinal Rosales directs vehicles during typhoon-caused  traffic snafu When retired Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales of Manila found himself stuck in a traffic jam in the middle of a typhoon on the outskirts of Manila Aug. 23, he decided to take matters into his own hands. With no traffic cop around to help him, the 83-year-old prelate zipped up his coat and began directing traffic himself. "Our vehicle was stuck in traffic," the cardinal told reporters in Manila. "When I alighted the vehicle to see why we were not moving, I saw five cars blocking our way," he said. The retired prelate walked nearly a kilometer to find out the cause of the jam. Finding no traffic enforcers in the area, Rosales directed the flow of vehicles. "I approached the driver of one of the vehicles and told him that there are some 200 vehicles stuck in traffic because they were [driving] the wrong way," the cardinal said. The cardinal not only...

THE PRIDE OF THE FILIPINO CATHOLIC CHURCH HIS EMINENCE ORLANDO CARDINAL QUEVEDO ARCHBISHOP OF COTABATO MABUHAY ANG PARING PILIPINO! Cardinal Orlando B. Quevedo, O.M.I, metropolitan archbishop of Cotabato (Philippines), was born in Laoag on 11 March 1939. He carried out his classical studies at the "Notre Dame High School" in Marbel and studied philosophy in the minor seminary of San Jose, Quezon City. He then entered the novitiate of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Washington (U.S.A.), where he completed his studies, and subsequently obtained his degree in Pedagogy from the University of St. Tomas in Manila. After his priestly ordination on 5 June 1964, he served as co-operator vicar in the parish of the Cathedral of Cotabato for a year, meanwhile holding the role of assistant at the University of "Notre Dame" in the same city. He was appointed as a lecturer at the same institute in 1966, where he became rector in 1970. ...

MABUHAY ANG PARING PILIPINO! Cardinal Orlando Beltran Quevedo (born 11 March 1939) is a Filipino archbishop and cardinal-elect . On January 12, 2014, Pope Francis named him as one of the 19 new cardinals of the Catholic church. He will be created a cardinal in the consistory of February 22, 2014. Early life He was born on March 11, 1939, in Laoag , Ilocos Norte . In 1945-47, he attended grades 1 to 3 in Laoag Shamrock school, and finished grades 4-6 in Marbel Central Elementary School in Marbel, South Cotabato (graduating in 1950). He attended Notre Dame High School in Marbel from 1950-1954. Priesthood He entered San Jose Seminary from 1954-56, but spend his novitiate in St. Peter's Novitiate in Mission, Texas . He completed his Philosophy in San Jose Seminary from 1957-1960. From 1960-64, he completed his STB and MA in Religious Education from Oblate College (Catholic University of America) in Washington, DC . He was ordained a priest of the Mi...

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AFTER ST. PEDRO CALUNGSOD, ANOTHER FILIPINO PRIDE, ANOTHER GIFT FROM GOD! THE NEW CARDINAL-ARCHBISHOP OF MANILA HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL LUIS ANTONIO G. TAGLE, DD