For weddings and baptisms, only a limited number of people were allowed.
When the quarantine restrictions were eased, churches could only allow the faithful to fill 30 percent of its capacity.
Senior citizen were not allowed inside church premises.
For Simbang Gabi and the midnight Christmas Eve Mass, people practiced health protocols wore face masks, face shields and kept a social distance.
Sunday Holy Masses were held online.
Religious activities were put on hold in 2020, with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdowns and quarantine restrictions closing church doors and cancelling traditional religious rites.
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Among those cancelled were the Holy Week ceremonies, Feast Day procession of the Our Lady of La Naval in Quezon City last October, and the Grand Marian procession in Intramuros held early December.
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THE Masonic lodge’s planned construction of an 18-story obelisk at the heart of Dumaguete City has met strong opposition from a local Church official, who said that it was a “pagan structure.”
“An obelisk is a pagan structure. Why build an 18-story masonic obelisk in front of the Cathedral?” Monsignor Gamaliel Tulabing, Diocese of Dumaguete’s judicial vicar, told the diocese-run DYWC TeleRadyo.
The city government on November 27 broke ground for the construction of an 18-floor “Dumaguete Tower” at the historic Manuel L. Quezon Park in front of the St. Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral.
Tulabing branded the project as a vocation campaign” for a masonic lodge.
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+ December 11, 2020 THE Catholic Church’s Diocese of Dumaguete has opposed the construction of a masonic obelisk called “Dumaguete Tower” in front of the St. Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral (Dumaguete Cathedral).
A report by CBCP News quoted Dumaguete Diocese judicial vicar Msgr. Gamaliel Tulabing as saying that the Catholic Church has been consistent on its stand against freemasonry.
“Freemasonry is identified as a non-sectarian religion. Its adherence, in fact, regard it as a universal religion, thereby reducing Christianity as simply another one of the dozens of sects,” Tulabing said.
Freemasonry is known as the world s oldest fraternal organization and is known to encounter considerable opposition from the Catholic Church.
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+ December 11, 2020 A DAVAO City councilor said it is high time that individuals who made a large impact on the city s progress be prioritized in the naming of important street landmarks.
Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang said this during the privilege hour on Tuesday, December 7, during the 19th City Council regular session, as his remark to Councilor Pilar Braga s resolution to pass an ordinance renaming the Emilio Jacinto Extension Street (simply called as Jacinto Extension) to Leopoldo Abellera Street.
Braga said the late Abellera is one of the imminent Davao figures deserving of such accolade. Over the decades, a number of lustrous men and women, known for their lasting and indelible contribution to the progress of Davao, have been bestowed the honor due them for their shared positive influence towards public service, who deserve to be immortalized by our landmark or our monument, she said.