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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Caritas Philippines backs halt to mining exploration in Nueva Vizcaya town
Church leaders back rural communities in Dupax, urging accountability as mining tensions escalate and residents maintain a people’s barricade
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Global watchdogs warn Cumpio case tests Philippines’ press freedom record
Advocates warn that Frenchie Mae Cumpio’s prolonged detention signals shrinking civic space, rising risks for Filipino community journalists
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Filipino priest elected abbot of South Carolina’s Mepkin Abbey
A Filipino priest has been elected the new leader of Mepkin Abbey, a community of Catholic monks in the
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Fishers demand accountability for Manila Bay reclamation damage
As Manila Bay rehabilitation enters seventh year, fisherfolk press government and corporations to halt reclamation, dredging projects
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Philippine Church urges end to Semirara coal contract
With a key coal deal nearing expiry, Caritas Philippines points to environmental damage, livelihood disruption, and unresolved social costs
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Pope: Let us intensify prayer for the full unity of Christians
Pope Leo XIV recalls its origins and calls for renewed prayer for visible unity among Christians at the start of the Week for Christian Unity
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Waste workers’ alliance seeks probe as Cebu landfill tragedy leaves 25 dead
As of the latest report, 18 people remain hospitalized due to injuries, eleven individuals are still missing, 25 have been killed
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Pope praises press freedom in message to Italian newspaper
Leo hopes the press will “always promote communication that is free and dialogical, animated by the search for truth and without prejudice”
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Church must act as conscience against ‘tolerated evils,’ says Bishop Alminaza
Caritas Philippines president urges Church and civil society to confront “tolerated evils” sustaining poverty, injustice, and ecological harm
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Pope at Audience: Vatican II calls us to friendship with Christ
"In Jesus," he said, "God makes us sons and daughters, and calls us to become like Him, albeit in our fragile humanity."
