US offers over a billion dollars to support Mindanao railway project
The offer came after the Philippines decided against pursuing Chinese official development assistance (ODA) financing for the project
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Green group says Marcos order to inspect Manila Bay dredgers ‘long overdue’
An environmental group says President Marcos’ order to inspect Manila Bay dredgers came late amid security violations reported
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Pope Leo XIV urges cardinals to ground Church mission in unity and mutual love
At the extraordinary consistory, Pope Leo XIV outlines mission priorities rooted in communion, attraction, listening, and discernment globally
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Church in Legazpi activates disaster response as Mayon alert raised to Level 3
The diocese urges the faithful to remain vigilant and united in prayer amid the heightened alert status around the active volcano
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Pope’s Epiphany Angelus: ‘May industry of war be replaced by craft of peace’
"In a place of inequality, there may be fairness," and where "the industry of war be replaced by the craft of peace," says Pope Leo XIV
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Tens of thousands expected to line up for Nazareno image ‘pahalik’
Tens of thousands of devotees are expected to line up for the pahalik, an old tradition that allows the faithful to
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Pope on Venezuela: Overcome violence, safeguard country’s sovereignty
Speaking in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo invited everyone to pray for the Venezuelan people, assuring them of his own prayers
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Catholic diocese urges prayer, public witness against proposed nuclear plant in northern Philippines
Philippine dioceses urge prayer and witness as opposition grows against a proposed nuclear power plant in Pangasinan province
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Pope: Start today to build a year of peace
Pope Leo urges everyone to “build a year of peace, by disarming our hearts and refraining from every form of violence.”
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Pope Leo: Jubilee Year ‘a powerful sign of a new world’
Today, in a society weighed down by the burden of sin, we keenly feel “the need for a wise, benevolent, merciful plan”, the Pope said
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Caritas Philippines warns peace falters without justice
Caritas Philippines calls for unarmed peace, linking justice, ecology, and dignity to Filipinos’ daily struggles amid poverty, violence
