Category: The Philippines

MANILA (UCAN): Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan, the Philippines, declared 21 days of prayer in his archdiocese on July 13 Read more

MANILA (UCAN): Video footage showed at least two policemen accosting churchgoers at at the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, Read more

MANILA (UCAN): The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) released a pastoral statement on July 19 condemning several recent Read more

MANILA (Agencies): “The heavens now weep for this blow to the Constitutional guarantee of the freedom of the press,” said Read more

Verdict against Ressa labelled a sham MANILA (UCAN): Catholic bishops in the Philippines issued an Independence Day rallying cry calling Read more

MANILA (SE): On July 27, Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) spending about Read more

HONG KONG (SE): The Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy released The pastoral conversion of the Parish community in the service Read more

Joseph Peter Calleja Former United States (US) president, Woodrow Wilson, once said: “Liberty has never come from government. Liberty has Read more

MANILA (UCAN): “This government is criminalising dissent, further suppressing criticism, while at the same time evading accountability in the guise Read more

MANILA (UCAN): The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) released a pastoral statement on July 19 condemning several recent Read more

HONG KONG (SE): The 122nd anniversary of the declaration of the Philippine Independence was marked by migrant rights groups picketing Read more

MANILA (UCAN): The Catholic Education Association of the Philippines (CEAP) released a statement calling on the country’s president, Rodrigo Duterte, Read more

MANILA (CNS): Bishop Broderick Pabillo, apostolic administrator of the archdiocese of Manila, defended a recent pastoral letter issued by the Read more

MANILA (SE): On July 27, Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) spending about Read more

MANILA (UCAN): Video footage showed at least two policemen accosting churchgoers at at the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, Read more

MANILA (UCAN): The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) released a pastoral statement on July 19 condemning several recent Read more

MANILA (UCAN): “This government is criminalising dissent, further suppressing criticism, while at the same time evading accountability in the guise Read more

Verdict against Ressa labelled a sham MANILA (UCAN): Catholic bishops in the Philippines issued an Independence Day rallying cry calling Read more

MANILA (UCAN): “The bill is a glaring attempt to silence critics and destroy any disagreement against the government, and consequently Read more

MANILA (UCAN): The Philippines’ Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People has expressed support for ABS-CBN Corp., the country’s largest Read more

MANILA (Agencies): “The heavens now weep for this blow to the Constitutional guarantee of the freedom of the press,” said Read more

MANILA (SE): The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) called on the government to think of the common good Read more