Tag: Philippines
Philippine corpse-whisperer seeks justice for drug war victims
Fortun is helping rights groups gather evidence that could be used in court against police accused of carrying out extrajudicial killings
Recovering defiant hope (A Christmas reflection)
Christmas is not about gifts or our noche buena tables — even if many families are worried there would be less that they can buy this time
Photos: Farming paves road to recovery for drug users
A livelihood program of a Church-based institution in the Philippines has been helping drug dependents on their road to recovery
92 percent of Filipinos welcome new year ‘with hope’ — survey
The survey also found that 43 percent of Filipino adults will have "a more prosperous holiday celebration this year"
A year after typhoon, affected people in central Philippines still need...
Odette destroyed a total of 94,173 houses in the province and left Php1.6 million worth of damage to the agriculture
Forgotten lepers dream of love on Christmas
“They don’t want me because of my leprosy. I don’t know what I have done wrong. It’s painful. It’s even more painful than leprosy itself.”
Photos: The people behind Manila Catholic university’s greenery
The Catholic university’s green campuses are the result of the hard work of the school’s gardening staff
Celebration of Christmas Masses brings ‘seasonal Catholics’ back to churches
“Seasonal Catholics” are “those who actively go to church whenever there is an occasion only, such as Christmas”
Filipino Catholics mark start of Christmas with traditional pre-dawn Masses
Today, the novena Mass, whether celebrated traditionally at dawn or in the early evening, is popularly known as “Simbang Gabi”
Church’s care for poor must go beyond survival needs, says Cebu...
“It is not enough that the Anawim are provided aid, relief, food, health care, shelter, and other basic necessities”
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