Filipino priest running for rain

Catholic priest, Fr Robert Reyes, hopes to invoke heavenly powers for rain as he embarked on a grueling run amid the sweltering heat of the Philippines’ drought-stricken Isabela province.

Bishops propose debate on condom effectiveness

Two Catholic bishops have challenged Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Esperanza Cabral to a debate about the effectiveness of condoms in preventing pregnancy and disease.

12 pilgrims killed in Philippines bush crash

A bus crash in the Philippines has killed 12 people and injured 39 on a parish pilgrimage near Baguio City.

Filipino bishops seek condom ad ban

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has called for a complete ban on condom ads in the country, saying it desensitizes the country’s youth and weakens their “moral fibre”.

Students nude ‘freedom run’ barred

A Philippines Catholic university chaplain has barred students from re-staging their naked “freedom run” around the campus to commemorate their fraternity’s anniversary.

The Philippines needs honest politicians

Now that it is election season in the Philippines, news, data and general information that is being massively fed to a largely unsuspecting audience have a particularly delicate, even insidious in many cases, intent and nuance about them. (Jose Ma. Montelibano, Philippine Inquirer)

Cruz ready to testify over whistleblower revelations

Retired Filipino Archbishop Oscar Cruz says he is ready to talk to any investigation into allegations made by murdered whistleblower Wildredo “Boy” Mayor.

Slain whistleblower ready to name names: Bishop

Retired Archbishop Oscar Cruz said in a television interview that a murdered corruption whistleblower had revealed to him the names of Filipino government officials that he planned to expose.

Filipino engineer now a bishop

Pope Benedict has appointed a chemical engineer as bishop of Malaybalay, Bukidnon province in Mindanao, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has announced.

Priest organizes ‘Remember EDSA’ pilgrimage

Filipino activist priest Fr Robert Reyes today begins a trek with the poor through the streets of Metro Manila to remind people of the lessons of the 1986 bloodless Edsa I revolt.

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