Calls mount to outlaw offshore gambling
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Calls mount to outlaw offshore gambling

MANILA (SE): Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan, the Philippines, wrote a pastoral letter saying that…

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Prayer and responsibility highlighted on Philippine Independence Day
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Prayer and responsibility highlighted on Philippine Independence Day

HONG KONG (SE): On June 9, over 300 people from the Filipino community in Hong…

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Filipino priest assigned to papal mission in Pacific island
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Filipino priest assigned to papal mission in Pacific island

(UCAN): Pope Francis appointed 58-year-old Father Eliseo Napiere of Mission Society of the Philippines [MSP]…

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Bishop extends aid to victims of Mount Kanlaon eruption
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Bishop extends aid to victims of Mount Kanlaon eruption

SAN CARLOS CITY (UCAN): Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, in the…

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Philippine peace advocate Father Picardal passes away at 69
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Philippine peace advocate Father Picardal passes away at 69

MANILA (SE): Redemptorist Father Amado Picardal, a peace advocate who campaigned against the drug-related killings…

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