State orders Yining Catholic Church in Xinjiang region to have its crosses, statues and bell towers pulled down Church in China has religious features forcibly demolished ucanews.com reporter, Hong Kong China March 1, 2018 A church in northwest China’s Xinjiang region had its crosses, statues, bell towers and other religious…
CFC-FFL Statement Against the Passing of the Divorce Bill By the House Committee on Population and Family Relations, House of Representatives, Republic of the Philippines February 23, 2018 We, the members of the Couples for Christ Foundation for Family and Life (CFC-FFL) and its Family Ministries, Young Couples Ministry, Servants for Family and…
Papal nuncio witnesses handover of Baclayon church to Tagbilaran Diocese ucanews.com reporter, Bohol Philippines March 2, 2018 Archbishop Gabriel Giordano Caccia, papal nuncio to the Philippines, witnessed the handover this week of a newly restored church to Tagbilaran Diocese in Bohol province. The Immaculate Conception parish church in Baclayon town,…
(UPDATED) With a score of 34, the Philippines ranks 111th out of 180 countries in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index of Transparency International MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The Philippines scored and ranked lower in the 2017 report of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) of Transparency International (TI) compared to the…
Thousands of Catholics speak out against drug-related killings, divorce Joe Torres, Manila Philippines February 26, 2018 Catholics came out strongly against what they described as “threats to life” in rallies held in major cities across the Philippines on Feb. 24. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila led priests, nuns, and…
Posted February 1, 2018 Leahna Villajos, CBCP News “The wisdom from above is first pure… open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits… impartial and sincere.”(James 3:17) We as a Filipino nation are again at a crossroads. We are facing a big challenge to change or not to change…
Homily of Bishop Sofronio Bancud at the Close of the 22nd National Bible Workshop 5-8 February 2018, Cebu City Dear fellow Servant-Leaders of the Word: Maayong buntag/udto kaninyo nga tanan! These past few days, without any doubt, have been a grace-filled and faith-inspiring encounter for all of us! And for…
Inday Espina-Varona, Manila Philippines February 23, 2018 The rise of a former mayor from the southern Philippines in 2016 has polarized the country’s Catholics, bother clergy and laity. Now they may have found a unifying cause in opposing charter change. Catholics and Filipinos from other Christian groups are marching on…
Human rights group Artikulo Trese (A.13) is taking it to the streets this weekend as the nation celebrates the 32nd anniversary of People Power Revolution. “The essence of People Power is rooted in the truth,” said Caloocan Bishop Emeritus Deogracias Iñiguez, DD., convenor of Artikulo Trese. “We want to be…
PRESS STATEMENT The inviolability of the person which is a reflection of the absolute inviolability of God, finds its primary and fundamental expression in the inviolability of human life. …the common outcry, which is justly made on behalf of human rights-for example, the right to health, to home, to work,…
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