by The Good News Pilipinas Team | May 2, 2021 | Good Balita
To commemorate the 500 years Anniversary of the victory of Lapu-Lapu in the Battle of Mactan, the Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) launched the commemorative postage stamp to honor the transcending spirit of heroism, gallantry, and bravery of the Filipinos....
by Margo Hannah De Guzman Quadra | Apr 8, 2021 | Good Balita
The Vatican envoy to Spain has hailed Filipino migrants as the best missionaries of the Catholic Church. Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain and Andorra praised Filipino migrants as he celebrated Mass with the Filipino community in the Spanish...
by Margo Hannah De Guzman Quadra | Apr 1, 2021 | Good Travel
The Philippines celebrated the 500th anniversary of the first Easter Mass on Limasawa Island in Southern Leyte, the site of the earliest recorded Catholic Mass in the country. The Diocese of Maasin, headed by Bishop Prescioso Cantillas, celebrated a Pontifical Mass at...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Mar 16, 2021 | Good Show
The Philippines’ history lessons about Ferdinand Magellan’s arrival in 1521 and fate at the hands of Lapu Lapu in Mactan were made pop culture material when Visayan troubadour and Bohol native Yoyoy Villame made a hit song with his “Magellan”....
by The Good News Pilipinas Team | Mar 15, 2021 | Good Inspiration
Cardinal Luis “Chito” Tagle has honored Filipino immigrants in his message to Pope Francis at the end of the Holy Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for the 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines. Speaking on behalf of his fellow Filipino migrants in Rome,...