Jaro Archbishop Midyphil Billones will receive a pallium from Pope Leo XIV in a mass at the St. Peter’s Basilica today.

Bishop Alberto Uy of the Diocese of Tagbilaran was appointed by Pope Leo XIV as the new archbishop of Cebu on Wednesday, ...

POPE Leo XIV has named Bishop Alberto “Abet” Uy of Tagbilaran as the new Archbishop of Cebu, replacing Archbishop Jose Palma, ...

According to the Vatican Press Office, the Pontiff named Bishop Alberto Uy as the new Archbishop of Cebu, the country’s ...

The former Manila archbishop recalled that in 2013, Pope Benedict XVI was still alive when cardinals gathered to elect a new pope. In contrast, the 2025 conclave followed the death of Pope Francis.

MANILA — Pope Francis celebrated mass with millions of singing and cheering Catholics in the Philippine capital on Sunday, in one of the world’s biggest outpourings of papal devotion.

Papal text will be distributed in written form as in recent weeks," the Vatican said. Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience on Feb. 12, 2025, at Paul-VI hall in The Vatican.

He also served as the 32nd Archbishop of Manila from 2011 to 2020. ... Tagle was considered as a "papabile", or among the favorites to succeed Pope Francis.

Some of Pope Francis' best moments from this year -- his second since taking office -- had serious policy implications as well. Here are some of the highlights.