Greetings of peace in this Season of Advent! For the past 35 years, the Institute for Pastoral Development (IPD) has been empowering the laity, clergy and the religious for effective service in the mission of the Church. To date, IPD has trained over 10,000 people in Scripture-based study, leadership, evangelization,…
In Message to International Conference, Pontiff Makes Urgent Appeal to those with Institutional Responsibilities December 10, 2018 18:47 Deborah Castellano Lubov “Human rights must at the center of all policies,” Pope Francis demands, “even when it means going against the grain.” The Supreme Roman Pontiff stressed this in “an urgent…
Manila, Philippines, 11 December 2018. – A day after International Human Rights Day, the landmark investigation looking into the responsibility of 47 coal, oil, gas and cement companies for human rights violations suffered by the Filipino people, is back home in the Philippines to conclude in a two-day hearing with…
Does Duterte really want some Catholic bishops killed? Wishing the death of certain persons you hate is normal for some people although it is admittedly a disordered human emotion. But when the powerful president of a nation publicly expresses his private wish at an official function at his seat of…
November 29, 2018 The unabating tirades of President Duterte against the Catholic Church, the Bishops and the clergy, especially those directed against the former President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas, and lately, on the CBCP Vice President and Bishop of the Diocese…
The Philippines is not yet a full-blown dictatorship, but our claim to democracy has become tenuous, at best. Reliable figures are hard to come by in a country where surveys are predetermined by their “sponsors.” Nonetheless, the headlines of dailies cannot but give a horrendous picture of the human rights…
A Statement of Gratitude It is with great joy and deepest gratitude that we, in the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), receive the good news that, after 117 years, the three Bells of Balangiga shall now be returned to their rightful place in the Parish of St. Lawrence,…
Around 40 farmers/ fisherfolks from Sicogon Islands in Iloilo hold a camp-out protest in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform Central Office as part of their “Reclaiming the land, water and livelihood rights of Yolanda survivors in Sicogon Island” campaign, demanding the Issuance of a Cease and Desist Order…
December 6, 1993 —25 years ago today, Marinduque experienced the worst mining disaster in Philippine history. The Marcopper-buillt Mogpog river dam burst, flooding the downstream villages in Mogpog. A toxic deluge swept through the valley, submerging villages, farmland and the town of Mogpog where two children were swept to their…
