Melo M. Acuna
CEBU City, Jan. 14, 2011—In his last official act as Archbishop of Cebu, Ricardo Cardinal Vidal installed his successor, 60 year old Archbishop Jose Palma in solemn ceremonies on January 13, as the new shepherd of Cebu’s nearly 4 million Catholic faithful.
MANILA, Nov. 20, 2010—Government and Church representatives yesterday met to discuss the possible framework in pursuit of a dialogue on the controversial Reproductive Health bill now pending at the country’s legislature.
MANILA, Nov. 9, 2010—Caceres Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi has cleared a member of the archdiocesan clergy from charges of molesting a teen-age boy in a local motel.
MANILA, Nov. 7, 2010—Speaking before 500 delegates during the 17th Asia-Pacific Congress on Faith and Family, Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal said the Church’s struggle to preserve and promote the values conducive to nurturing faith, family and life appears to be heading “towards a head-on collision” with those who push for the passage of RH Bill.
MANILA, Oct. 18, 2010-Manila Archbishop Gaudencio B. Cardinal Rosales paid tribute to one of his parish priests in the Diocese of Malaybalay who was fatally ambushed by men believed to have been hired by illegal loggers 19 years ago.
The 78-year old prelate recalled Fr. Nery Lito Satur as a strong and credible advocate against illegal logging.
Satur then was 29 years old and one of Malaybalay's youngest priests. Media accounts revealed the priest's head was smashed with a rifle butt and later shot pointblank with a shotgun.