MANILA: Globally, Feb 14 shines as a day for love and all its myths and facts, but for many Catholics this year, it also marks a time for reflection and penance as Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday fell on the same day.
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A businesswoman played the role of Santa Claus to hundreds of poor families and children in Manila by distributing gifts, cash and grocery items to bring joy and happiness to indigent families in the city this holiday season. The distribution of Christmas gifts, led by philanthropist Virginia Rodriguez, was held…
Officials of the Catholic Church yesterday urged the faithful to usher in their Holy Week observance this year by attending Palm Sunday masses and other activities today in various churches not only all over the country, but also overseas.
The Catholic Church is inviting the faithful to participate in the daubing of ashes on their forehead as it resumes today the physical observance of Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of the penitential 40-day Lenten season for the Roman Catholic Church.