Introduction of solar-powered public vehicles in Philippine city hit hardest by super typhoon has symbolic significance Ronald Reyes | UCANews | Tacloban City, Philippines | February 1, 2018 A survivor of the deadly storm that hit the central Philippines in 2013 sits comfortably in a solar-powered vehicle that he drives in…
Church leaders warn against diversion of people’s attention from poverty issues Joe Torres |UCANEWS | Manila, Philippines | February 1, 2018 Philippine religious congregations will be opening their schools, convents, and churches for discussions over the government’s controversial move to change the constitution. They expressed the same apprehension made by the…
Posted by Roy Lagarde | CBCP News | Feb 2, 2018 | MANILA – Pope Francis’ envoy to the Philippines challenged the country’s consecrated men and women to bring Christ in the midst of the people. Papal Nuncio Archbishop Gabriele Caccia said that everyone, especially the men and women religious,…
Posted by Roy Lagarde | CBCP News | Feb 2, 2018 | Catholic officials made a clarion call to the police to do away with and “theatrics” and “exaggeration” and rather focus on addressing alleged abuses in its anti-drug campaign. Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan said the Philippine National…
Philippine church leaders say the proposed law favors the church’s mission to protect marriage Joe Torres | UCANews | Manila Philippines | January 31, 2018 Catholic bishops welcomed the passage of a bill in the House of Representatives of the Philippines that gives civil recognition to church-decreed annulments of marriage.…
Communities provide shelter, food and comfort to those displaced by Mount Mayon’s deadly lava UCANews Philippines January 31, 2018 Marnel del Puerto could not decide where to run when the towering Mount Mayon volcano few kilometers from his village in the Philippine province of Albay started spewing fire. As…
Posted by Nestor Abrematea | UCANews| Jan 31, 2018 | TABONTABON, Leyte – Devotees of St. Anthony of Padua are now flocking to the St. Anthony Archdiocesan Shrine in devotion to the miraculous saint and in thanksgiving for graces received. St. Anthony of Padua Archdiocesan Shrine rector Fr. Ebert…
Statement on Charter Change The Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas perceives the current proposal for Charter Change as a threat to our democratic system and our aspirations as a free and progessive nation. The present Constitution has been said to be the best in the world with its provisions for…
Senate investigation follows claims that posts critical of the government have been removed Philippines probes fake news, abuse of social media Inday Espina-Varona, UCANews | Manila Philippines | January 30, 2018 The Philippine Senate started an investigation on Jan. 30 into the spread of so-called fake news, which a leading church…
Statement of Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) 26 January 2017 On January 23, President Rodrigo Duterte finally named 19 out of the 25 members of the Charter Change Consultative Committee on amending the 1987 constitution, after months of the committee’s creation. We, the Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. (PMPI), a network…
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