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15 December 2018 Dear Most Rev. Archbishops, Bishops, and Diocesan Administrators Greetings of peace and good health! The Church’s service to the sick and those who care for them must continue with renewed vigor, in fidelity to the Lord’s command and following the eloquent example of her Founder and Master.…
Joyful greetings as we culminate Youth Ministry Week 2017! With eagerness and enthusiasm may I endorse to you Peaceworks 103, along with their initiatives and efforts for the youth of today. We are grateful to the Salesians of Don Bosco of the Philippine North Province, through Peaceworks103, for organizing and…
HOMILIYA ng Lub. Kgg. Roberto C. Mallari, D.D. Obispo ng San Jose, Nueva Ecija Misa ng Paglilibing kay + Reb. Padre Marcelito Paez 11 Disyembre 2017 | Katedral ni San Jose Manggagawa, Lungsod ng San Jose, Nueva Ecija To our Apostolic Nuncio in the Philippines, His Excellency Archbishop Gabriele…
‘He offered his life not only as a priest but also as a comrade. He was a comrade for others – a hero, a martyr,’ says San Jose City Bishop Roberto Mallari of slain activist priest Marcelito ‘Tito’ Paez Eloisa Lopez Published 10:21 AM, December 12, 2017 Updated 11:27 AM,…
NASSA/ Caritas Philippines Statement on the Killing of Fr. Tito Paez “Action on behalf of justice and participation in the transformation of the world fully appear to us as a constitutive dimension of the preaching of the Gospel” (Justice in the World # 6) The National Secretariat for Social…
PRIVILEGE SPEECH – Rep. Tom Villarin, AKBAYAN Party List 11 December 2017 [Mr./Madam Speaker: I rise on personal and collective privilege.] When Gina Lopez was appointed secretary of the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources, advocates for the protection of the environment had high hopes for her order to…
Environmental, church groups line up to attack Philippine president’s treatment of tribal people, mining ambitions Inday Espina-Varona, Mark Saludes, Bong Sarmiento and Karl Romano UCANEWS Manila Philippines December 12, 2017 President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to treat suspected supporters of Asia’s longest-running rebellion as “terrorists” targets millions of indigenous people…
Troops are blocking aid to almost 2,000 indigenous people who fled their homes amid intensifying military operations against communist rebels in Mindanao last week, according to church officials in the southern Philippines. Students and teachers from indigenous communities in Mindanao stage an indignation rally on December 2 in Quezon City to condemn…
We strongly condemn the brutal killing of Fr. Tito Paez last December 4 in Nueva Ejica. Fr Tito as a priest of the San Jose Nueva Ecija Diocese was coordinator of the Central Luzon Region of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines, Board member of Alay Bayan Incorporated, a disaster…
What has become of our country? The new killing fields of Asia? Yesterday at 8:00 in the evening they gunned down Fr. Tito Paez, a 73 year-old retired priest of Nueva Ecija, for the simple reason that he assisted in the release of the political prisoner Rommel Tucay earlier in…
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