MANILA, March 30, 2017— Alleging that appointing village officials smacked of “authoritarianism”, a Catholic bishop hit President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan of resetting barangay elections again and replacing incumbent officials with his appointees for being undemocratic. […]
MANILA, March 30, 2017–The Catholic Church’s migrants’ ministry has welcomed a Singapore court decision, convicting a Singaporean couple who starved their former Filipina housemaid for over 15 months. Balanga Bishop Ruperto Santos, chairman of the […]
MANILA, March 28, 2017–The University of Santo Tomas (UST) unveiled a historical marker on campus Tuesday to memorialize the first lay Japanese Christian missionary in the Philippines. The unveiling took place in front of the […]
MANILA, March 28, 2017–A Catholic priest said President Rodrigo Duterte should push through with the village polls instead of toying with the idea of appointing barangay officials. Fr. Jerome Secillano, executive secretary of the bishops’ […]
MANILA, March 28, 2017–A Catholic bishop expressed dismay after the appellate court stopped the deposition of Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino on death row in Indonesia. Balanga Bishop Ruperto Santos, chairman of the CBCP Commission […]
GUIGUINTO, Bulacan, March 28, 2017–During a “Vigil for Life” on March 23 to 24, the clergy and seminarians of the Immaculate Conception Major Seminary (ICMAS) community were reminded of their role in the advocacy of […]