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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Philippine communist leader dies at 83
Sison passed away at around 8:40 p.m. (Philippine time) after two weeks' confinement in a hospital in Utrecht
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Pope Francis names new bishop of San Jose in Occidental Mindoro
Pope Francis has appointed Society of Divine Word (SVD) Father Pablito
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Manila archbishop elevates San Jose de Trozo Parish to archdiocesan shrine
Cardinal Jose Advincula has elevated the San Jose de Trozo Parish in Manila’s Sta. Cruz district to archdiocesan shrine status.
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‘Simbang Gabi’ brings Filipino ‘seasonal Catholics’ back to churches
“Seasonal Catholics” are “those who actively go to church whenever there is an occasion only, such as Christmas”
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House of Representatives passes bill creating US$2-billion Maharlika Fund
The Senate must pass a counterpart bill for the measure to become law
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Christmas a time to listen, walk together, say Filipino bishops
“Christmas is really about God who has been journeying with us so that we learn to journey with one another”
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Look at each other, not cell phone screens, Pope Francis tells young people
“In a world that tends to isolate us, divide us, and that pits us against each other … the secret is precisely to take care of others”
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Probe finds false evidence planted on late Indian Jesuit’s computer prior to arrest
“Father Stan Swamy was arrested, incarcerated, and died based on fabricated evidence,” read a statement released to the media
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Indian government asked to apologize for framing Jesuit priest
"The government and its probe agency should take full responsibility for the judicial death of Father Swamy"
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China tightens regulation of online comments
People who have been "seriously discredited" by their messages "will be placed on a blacklist"
