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The Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines cannot stand as guarantor before the civil court. Bishop Socrates Villegas, the present president of the said Conference says that “existing Church laws do not allow an episcopal conference to stand as guarantor before civil courts that the accused will not abscond and will be available at every trial date". This is the response of the CBCP  as the bishops meet on their bi-annual meeting this month on the request sent by Ms. Janet Napoles who was been accused of plunder and graft in the Sandiganbayan for the pork Barrel of the Senators and Congressman amounting to about 10 billion pesos. There is also no clear cut provisions  under civil law that the CBCP are qualified for such a role as Ms. Napoles would the Conference to assume.  The CBCP is cautioned on this matter as such that the primary function of the Church will not be siphoned to this endeavor which is the primary role of the state. The Church r...

Act of Dedication of the Human Race to Jesus Christ the King (Iesu dulcissime, Redemptor) (A  partial indulgence  is granted to the faithful, who piously recite the Act of Dedication of the Human Race to Jesus Christ King. A  plenary indulgence  is granted, if it is recited publicly on the feast of our Lord Jesus Christ King.) Most sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race, look down upon us humbly prostrate before you. We are yours, and yours we wish to be; but to be more surely united with you, behold each one of us freely consecrates himself today to your Most Sacred Heart. Many indeed have never known you; many, too, despising your precepts, have rejected you. Have mercy on them all, most merciful Jesus, and draw them to your Sacred Heart. Be King, O Lord, not only of the faithful who have never forsaken you, but also of the prodigal children who have abandoned you; grant that they may quickly return to their Father's house, lest they die of wretchedness and hunge...

( A repost from CBCPNews) MANILA, July 14, 2009—The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has elected the new chairman of its Episcopal Commissions Sunday during their 99th Plenary Assembly. Out of the thirty-one Episcopal Commissions heads, eight were replaced while the others were re-elected. The Episcopal Commissions, Committees and Offices are the executive arm of the Bishops’ Conference that attends particular concerns of the Church such as, Catechesis and Education, Vocations, Social Action, Family and Life among others. San Fernando Auxiliary Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, succeeded Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes as chair of the Episcopal Commission on Biblical Apostolate; and chairman Surigao Bishop Antonieto Cabajog succeeded Tagbilaran Bishop Leonardo Medroso as chair of the Episcopal Commission on Canon Law. The new chairman of the Episcopal Commission on Clergy is Iba Bishop Florentino Lavarias while Manila Archbishop Gaudecio Cardinal Rosales is the new Chair ...