Manila declares Our Lady of Loreto ‘Patroness of Sampaloc’
Manila’s City Council on Thursday declared Our Lady of Loreto as the official “Patroness of Sampaloc”.
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Catholic bishop calls on local government to defend ban on open-pit mining
The bishop urged the governor to join them in “the moral imperative to act together decisively in order to save our common home”
Philippine Caritas network renews push for legal rights to nature
Rights of Nature is a growing movement in the country spearheaded by the Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. and Caritas Philippines
Report says Chinese authorities order parents at school to sign pledge renouncing faith
The Chinese constitution states that citizens “enjoy freedom of religious belief” but limits religious practices
Bishop David says Lord ‘haunting’ police for killings, calls on them to repent this Lent
“It must be the Lord’s way of pranking them with a familiar image of victims many of their fellow officers had murdered extrajudicially"
Coast Guard on heightened alert for Holy Week
First aid and rescue equipment facilities will be installed in busy tourist spots to help ensure immediate response to accidents
Quezon town set to stage ‘living’ Stations of the Cross
The mayor said they expect thousands of local and foreign tourists to visit their town during the entire Holy Week
Alleged killer of Jesuit priests found dead in Mexico
The priests had been working for several decades with the Raramuri, or Tarahumara, Indigenous people
As Ramadan begins, China’s Muslims face fasting bans, monitoring and arrest
Amid Uyghur genocide, new report says Beijing is trying to erase the last of Hui Muslim culture
Pope Francis puts priest, three religious women, two laywomen on path for sainthood
Each now needs a miracle attributed to his or her intercession to be approved by the Vatican in order to be beatified
