EASTER CHOIR
Children and churchgoers sing during Easter Mass at St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Davao City. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Children and churchgoers sing during Easter Mass at St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Davao City. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
The document written by Pope Francis of the Catholic Church, entitled Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel) is a very heartening development in the citadel of Christianity—the Catholic church.
A child "Angel" descends to announce "the resurrection of Jesus" during the early Easter Sunday mass of the San Pedro Cathedral in Davao City.
A total of 1, 302 individuals or 72 families displaced and later rescued by disaster unit teams after intense torrential rains in upland Sto. Tomas caused an unexpected deluged last April 20 as the whole nation celebrated the last day of Paschal triduum— Easter Sunday.
Inspired by Pope Francis, Catholic faithful here wanted church leaders to act not as "bigots" but like real missionaries by working closely with the poor.