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COTABATO CITY – Archbishop Angelito Lampon of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate yesterday
assumed as the head of the archdiocese of Cotabato with mixed feelings as he
was battling an upheaval on one thing and celebrating a new assignment on
another.

Upheaval
because blood of Catholic faithful litter the cathedral he served for the past
21 years.

The Oblates of Mary
Immaculate, Philippine Province are in deep grief and sorrow with the bombing
of the Jolo Cathedral. We have lost brothers,
sisters, and friends. We are one with
their families in this difficult time – for they were also a family to us. Our grief is even greater as the bombing
happened at a time when the Holy Mass is being celebrated at the Our Lady of
Mount Carmel Cathedral.Indeed, they
have died as martyrs witnessing to their Christian faith as they braved to stay
in Jolo despite constant intimidation and risks.

The midterm elections will likely be among the agendas of the Catholic bishops during their meeting in Manila over the weekend, a church official said.Fr. Marvin Mejia, secretary general of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, said the meeting will give the church hierarchy a chance to discuss crucial issues, including the May 13 polls.

A Catholic bishop said he cannot turn a deaf ear to President Rodrigo Duterte’s attacks on the Church any longer.Bishop Ruperto Santos of Balanga said Catholicism is under attack and it’s time for the church to stand its ground.

Pope Francis has appointed today Monsignor Marvyn Maceda as the new bishop of the Diocese of San Jose de Antique.Maceda, 49, becomes the first bishop from Naval which was created a diocese in 1988.He succeeds now Archbishop Jose Romeo Lazo who was appointed to head the Archdiocese of Jaro in February 2018.The bishop-elect took his philosophical studies at the Sacred Heart Seminary in Palo, Leyte, and his theology at the San Jose Seminary in the Ateneo de Manila University.He was ordained a priest for the Naval diocese on May 29, 1996.Among his first assignments were as parish priest at Our

Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Andrew Alarcon as the new bishop of the Diocese of Daet in Camarines Norte.The appointment was made at the Vatican on Wednesday, Jan.

MANILA - Catholic bishops welcomed the return of the three Balangiga church bells taken by the US soldiers as war booty more than a century ago.Archbishop Romulo Valles, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, said the return of the bells is an opportunity to understand history better with a mature perspective .

Fr. Monching Quiogue, OMIWake scheduleandDec. 2 evening to Dec 5 morning at Jubilee Hall in Sto Nino parish, Midsayap, North CotabatoDec. 6 to Dec. 7 Novitiate chapel, TamontakaDec. 8 is remains will be brought to Manila to be with hi family.Dec. 9 back to Tamontaka.Dec. 10 burial at OMI cemetery.

MESSAGE FOR
ADVENT 2018

Beloved People of Godand

Come, Lord Jesus, come. This is the refrain of the
Season of Advent, the first season in the liturgical year of the Catholic
Church. We long and pray for the coming
of Jesus on Christmas. Jesus was born some two thousand years ago. If Jesus had
not died at the age of 33, he would be more than two thousand years old today.

Beloved People in the
Archdiocese of Cotabatoand

Greetings of Peace to one
ad all!

The Mindanao Week of Peace
has become a tradition in the whole of Mindanao ever since the Bishops Ulama
Forum, now Conference, established it. A Presidential decree recognized and
endorsed it.

The theme of this year’s
MWP is most necessary and relevant - Peace
through Dialogueand Our Common Destiny.