Tag: Philippines
Philippine Church leaders vow to listen to faithful during synodal process
Bishop Emmanuel Trance of Catarman said the synodal process should "listen to the marginalized even to the non-Christian community”
Lay catechist who served poor in diocese may be Philippines’ next...
Bishop Mylo Vergara of Pasig said catechist Laureana Franco has lived a "heroically virtuous life worthy of imitation"
The ‘synodal process’ has started. What now?
If we don't put ourselves into the process, it would just be another futile exercise "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”
Philippine diocese holds prayer rally against coal-fired power plant project
The parish priest said the climate crisis "makes it clear that the use of coal and all other fossil fuels needs to end"
Catholic churches in northern Philippines open doors to storm victims
Authorities said the death toll in the wake of "Maring" rose to 30 while a total of 50,040 families or 194,677 people were displaced
Philippine communities urged to implement risk reduction strategies in wake of...
October 13 is International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
Philippine Catholic Church to start synodal process Sunday, Oct 17
The challenges of the pandemic and the sexual and financial scandals in the Church and in government are among issues that will be discussed
Philippine Catholic bishops congratulate Maria Ressa for winning Nobel Peace Prize
The bishops stressed the important role that the press play in 'gauging the health of a healthy democratic society'
Philippines’ Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa says award for ‘all journalists’
"This is really for all journalists around the world," said Ressa, a vocal critic of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte
Maria Ressa: Philippine pillar of press freedom
"I'm not a sole reporter .... My job is to hold up the ceiling, it has been for a while… so that our folks can continue working," said Ressa
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