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CBCP President and Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education Executive Secretary Msgr. Gerardo Santos Bishop Broderick Pabillo Archbishop Romulo Valles MANILA, March 7, 2012—CBCP President and Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma and Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic Education Executive Secretary Msgr. Gerardo Santos are among the Church leaders who will speak to administrators of Catholic schools, seminaries and catechetical centers at the Summer Festival of Catechesis next month. CBCP National Secretariat for Social Action, Justice and Peace and Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo, Zamboanga Archbishop Romulo Valles and CBCP Episcopal Commission on Liturgy Fr. Genaro Diwa are also scheduled to preside over Mass and give talk on the three-day gathering slated on April 24 to 26 at Sienna College in Quezon City. According to organizers, the fourth Pope Benedict XVI Summer Festival of Catechesis and Christian Formation is primaril...

25 October 2011   AN INVITATION TO THE YOUTH, FAMILIES, EDUCATORS AND CIVIL SOCIETY FOR NATIONAL AIDS SUNDAY 2011 The Philippines is now one of the seven countries in the world with steadily increasing cases of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), in contrast to a decreasing global trend. Since 1984,a total of 7,431 HIV & AIDS cases have been reported in the Philippines; of which 1,416 caseswere registered in January-August 2011 alone. What is alarming is that 30% of this year’s casesare from the 15-24 age-group, and 55% are from the National Capital RegionTo raise awareness on HIV & AIDS and the challenges posed by the epidemic, the 103rd Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines that convened last July 2011declared every first Sunday of December as National AIDS Sunday. The decision came with the release of the 2011 Pastoral Letter on AIDS “Who is my neighbour?”, which calls every Christian to reach out to members of our families a...