MANILA, February 7, 2020–The Philippines’ compliance with anti-human trafficking international standards might be welcome “but we shouldn’t become complacent,” a Church official said. Quite simply, said Father Resty Ogsimer of the bishops’ Commission on Migrants […]
MANILA, February 6, 2020–Congress must take action to strengthen families and not weaken them, an association of various lay Catholic organizations said. Amid moves to legalize divorce in the country, the Council of the Laity […]
The devastation of a recent typhoon did not deter scores of people traveling to see Most Rev. Jose Alan Dialogo being ordained as the new bishop of Sorsogon on Thursday. Still reeling from the impact […]
GUIUAN, Eastern Samar, December 8, 2019–An 18th century Marian church in the southernmost most tip of Eastern Samar province was reconsecrated Sunday, six years after it was destroyed by a super typhoon. A marker for […]
BORONGAN CITY, July 31, 219–The diocese and the city government of Borongan have agreed to stop gambling in carnivals or “peryahan”, a constant fixture in town fiestas. Bishop Crispin Varquez of Borongan said that gambling […]
MANILA, July 27, 2019–A Catholic bishop has asked everyone to join him in prayer for the suffering victims of the twin earthquakes that struck the islands in the northern Philippines on Saturday. Bishop Danilo Ulep […]