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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Pope at Mass: Consistory a time for Cardinals to reflect on Church’s path
He urged the Cardinals to heed Jesus’ call for them to respond to the desire for peace of the “great crowd” of humanity
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Greenpeace warns Cebu landfill landslide exposes deep failures in Philippines’ waste management system
“The government shouldn’t wait for another tragedy, but should act now to address the plastic pollution crisis decisively,” Ledesma said
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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.”
