Catholic institutions renew partnership to strengthen lay leadership formation in Asia

The program prepares young Catholic leaders for Church service and community development through faith formation and leadership training

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‘Export of smoke’: Catholics across Southeast Asia respond to haze

Benedict Tang - November 5, 2026

Catholic groups across Southeast Asia demand corporate accountability and stronger environmental protections as communities endure worsening regional haze

News

Pope at Audience: Politics that tends wounds and fights injustice gives hope

Isabella H. de Carvalho, Vatican News - November 5, 2026

Leo focuses on how Christians can engage in economic and political life in order to build peace, as he reflects on 'Gaudium et Spes.'

Equality & Justice

Consumer coalition hits Marcos over delayed removal of system loss charges

LiCAS News - November 4, 2026

Consumer advocates demand action on generation costs and corporate profits as Filipino households continue struggling with electricity bills

NEWS ALERT

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Salesians vow to preserve 300-year-old convent as museum

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‘Export of smoke’: Catholics across Southeast Asia respond to haze

Benedict Tang - November 5, 2026

Pope at Audience: Politics that tends wounds and fights injustice gives hope

Isabella H. de Carvalho, Vatican News - November 5, 2026

Nations seek to protect civilians as Red Cross warns of disregard for laws of war

LiCAS News - November 4, 2026

Pope’s November prayer intention: ‘For the proper use of wealth’

November 4, 2026

South Korea formalizes national support for World Youth Day 2027

November 3, 2026

On All Souls’ Day, Pope prays that mothers’ tears may silence weapons

November 3, 2026

DIOCESAN REPORTS

Bishop links decline in family prayer to fewer Church vocations

November 3, 2026

Cardinal Tagle urges Catholics to put human witness at heart of...

October 29, 2026

Archbishop urges firm but peaceful defense of West Philippine Sea

October 26, 2026

Bishop: Church must defend land rights of IPs, farmers

October 22, 2026

Manila cardinal: Prisoners are more than their worst mistakes

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Imus diocese urges parishes to ditch tarpaulins, single-use plastics

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‘Export of smoke’: Catholics across Southeast Asia respond to haze

Benedict Tang - November 5, 2026

Catholic groups across Southeast Asia demand corporate accountability and stronger environmental protections as communities endure worsening regional haze

IN PHOTOS: Mandaluyong jail holds annual mass wedding for 21 detainees

Angie de Silva - November 3, 2026

Twenty-one detainees married their partners in an annual Mandaluyong jail ceremony that brought families together despite incarceration

IN PHOTOS: Families of desaparecidos renew call for justice on All Souls’ Day

Jire Carreon - November 2, 2026

Families of the disappeared gather in Quezon City to remember loved ones and renew calls for truth, justice and accountability

IN PHOTOS: Families of drug war victims mark Undas with prayers, call for justice

Jire Carreon - October 30, 2026

Families gathered in Quezon City to remember loved ones killed in extrajudicial killings and renew their pursuit of justice

Thailand’s Seven Martyrs remembered where their story unfolded

Chainarong Monthienvichienchai, Thailand - October 26, 2026

A dramatic performance at Song Khon retraces the faith, sacrifice and enduring witness of Thailand’s first native martyrs

‘The right to possess nothing’: St. Clare play ends Singapore run on anti-poverty day

Benedict Tang - October 20, 2026

Singapore play on St Clare challenges audiences to reconsider poverty, simplicity and possessions through faith, humor and reflection

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The saints were not people who escaped being human. They were people who let God finish the work of making them human

Death, Justice, and Martyrdom

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Their violent deaths were signs of their Christian love for the neighbor in living out the way of compassion carved out by Jesus himself

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Desaparecidos are “neither dead nor alive” in a physical sense, leaving families with no body to bury or a specific cemetery, grave or known resting place to visit

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Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for the month of November, and invites Catholics to pray "for the proper use of wealth"

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IN PHOTOS: Mandaluyong jail holds annual mass wedding for 21 detainees

November 3, 2026

Twenty-one detainees married their partners in an annual Mandaluyong jail ceremony that brought families together despite incarceration

IN PHOTOS: Families of desaparecidos renew call for justice on All Souls’ Day

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Families of the disappeared gather in Quezon City to remember loved ones and renew calls for truth, justice and accountability

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October 12, 2026

The celebration highlighted JILCW’s growth from a small student group into an international ministry present in 82 nations

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Protesters marched toward the Philippine Congress, demanding lower prices, higher wages and relief from rising public service costs

PHOTOS: Philippine Church, civil groups mark global prayer call with peace vigil, protest

Faith leaders warn rising tensions abroad are worsening economic hardship, exposing vulnerabilities and deepening inequality across Filipino communities

PHOTOS: Philippine bishop calls Church to act on rising costs, crisis in Easter message

Amid rising costs and uncertainty, a Filipino bishop calls parishes to act together in the spirit of Easter

Faith and homecoming mark Good Friday in rural Philippines

Filipino Catholics return home for Good Friday, where faith, family, and economic pressures intersect in a centuries-old tradition

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