‘Let us dream together,’ Cardinal Tagle tells gathering of Anglican Church leaders

He said everyone is called to be “a Church that goes forth and reaches out to others"

Religious leaders express ‘deep concern’ over nuns’ gambling scene in Philippine movie

LiCAS News - August 8, 2022

The Church leaders said they are "profoundly disturbed and deeply concerned" with how the film put the nuns in a "bad light"

Features

Spotlight: Joy of the Elephants

LiCAS News - August 8, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic forced a mahout to make heartbreaking choices but both man and elephant have finally found sanctuary

Commentary

Tiwala ng katiwala

Bishop Pablo Virgilio David - August 7, 2022

Napakahalaga ng pagkilala sa grasya ng Diyos o mga biyayang pinagkaloob na sa atin sa kasalukuyan

NEWS ALERT

Greens, fisherfolk call for review of gov’t reclamation projects

August 7, 2022

Child rights network lauds new law against online sex abuse, exploitation...

August 4, 2022

Prayer intention ni Pope Francis sa mga maliliit na negosyo, pinuri...

August 3, 2022

Catholic bishop tells young Filipinos to overcome challenges, proclaim Gospel

August 3, 2022

Sibuyan Island residents hold ‘Walk for God’s Creation’ to protest gov’t’s...

July 27, 2022

Critics say Marcos’ failure to mention human rights, ‘drug war’ in...

July 26, 2022

INTERNATIONAL

Pope Francis: Put your trust in God and his care for you

Catholic News Agency - August 8, 2022

Vatican balances budget by selling off assets

Agence France Presse - August 8, 2022

China’s largest-ever Taiwan military drills draw to a close

Agence France Presse - August 8, 2022

Spotlight: Joy of the Elephants

August 8, 2022

Global coalition of religions assures solidarity with people of Myanmar in wake of executions

August 7, 2022

US Secretary of State Blinken hails ‘strong’ US-Philippine alliance in talks with Marcos

August 7, 2022

DIOCESAN REPORTS

Bishop Pabillo, nanawagan ng suporta para sa mga pari

August 8, 2022

Diocese of Pasig, nagbukas na ng aplikasyon para sa WYD2023

August 8, 2022

‘The Gift of 500’ docu-film, inilunsad ng Simbahan

August 8, 2022

Archbishop Villegas warns faithful that not all who call for unity...

August 5, 2022

Bishop of Kidapawan expresses alarm over widespread gambling in Cotabato province

August 5, 2022

Pamahalaan, hinimok ng obispo na talikuran ang pamumuhunan sa fossil gas

August 3, 2022

FEATURES

Spotlight: Joy of the Elephants

LiCAS News - August 8, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic forced a mahout to make heartbreaking choices but both man and elephant have finally found sanctuary

Britney Spears’ wedding: Who can get married in a Catholic church?

Catholic News Agency - August 5, 2022

A church representative said there was no record of Spears requesting to be married in the church

Photos: In Kashmir, Muslims help Hindu pilgrims trek to holy site

Peerzada Ummer, India - August 5, 2022

Every year, Hindu pilgrims trek to a shrine in the mountains of Jammu and Kashmir, India, through rocky pathways

Faith on trial: Church people under attack

LiCAS News - August 2, 2022

The risks endured by faith-based human rights defenders increase as they incarnate the Christian gospel and the mandate of Church mission

Post-raid trauma and blessings

Edita Burgos, OCDS, Philippines - August 2, 2022

From where you are now, you can probably see that the invention of untruths seems to have been a legacy and is now “institutional”

Photos: Show of solidarity

Jire Carreon - August 2, 2022

Philippine solidarity groups denounce the military of junta in Myanmar for the execution of four pro-democracy activists in July

Make a difference!

We work tirelessly each day to support the mission of the Church by giving voice to the voiceless.

Your donation will add volume to our effort.

Monthly pledge

COMMENTARY

Three life sentences each for human trafficking and child abuse

Father Shay Cullen -

Where are the organized, militant Catholic internet “trolls” for human rights and child protection?

Tiwala ng katiwala

Bishop Pablo Virgilio David -

Napakahalaga ng pagkilala sa grasya ng Diyos o mga biyayang pinagkaloob na sa atin sa kasalukuyan

Trusting in and preparing for the mystery

Brother Jess Matias -

We will always be uncertain about what we pray for, but we can always be certain that he will lovingly bless us with the unexpected

Mamuhay sa pananalig sa Diyos

Bishop Broderick Pabillo -

"Kaya maging handa palagi tayo. Mamuhay tayo ayon sa ating pananalig sa Diyos."

MOST RECENT

Religious leaders express ‘deep concern’ over nuns’ gambling scene in Philippine movie

LiCAS News -

The Church leaders said they are "profoundly disturbed and deeply concerned" with how the film put the nuns in a "bad light"

Bishop Pabillo, nanawagan ng suporta para sa mga pari

Veritas 846 -

Higit kinakailangan ng mga pari ang dasal at suporta upang makapagpatuloy sa gawaing pagmimisyon lalo na sa mga parokya

Diocese of Pasig, nagbukas na ng aplikasyon para sa WYD2023

Veritas 846 -

Magmula August 6 ay tumatanggap na ang diyosesis ng mga kabataang aplikante upang mapabilang sa delegasyon.

‘The Gift of 500’ docu-film, inilunsad ng Simbahan

Veritas 846 -

Hinati sa tatlong tema ang docu-film -- Gift of Christ, Gift of Community, at Gift of Mission

Pope Francis: Put your trust in God and his care for you

Catholic News Agency -

“At times we feel imprisoned by a feeling of distrust and anxiety,” Pope Francis said

Vatican balances budget by selling off assets

Agence France Presse -

Juan Antonio Guerrero, the Vatican's de facto economy minister, said the Holy See recorded a deficit in 2021 of 3.3 million euros

China’s largest-ever Taiwan military drills draw to a close

Agence France Presse -

Beijing has raged at the trip by Pelosi ripping up a series of talks and cooperation agreements with Washington

Tweets by @LICASnews

VIEWFINDER

Photos: In Kashmir, Muslims help Hindu pilgrims trek to holy site

August 5, 2022

Every year, Hindu pilgrims trek to a shrine in the mountains of Jammu and Kashmir, India, through rocky pathways

Photos: Show of solidarity

August 2, 2022

Philippine solidarity groups denounce the military of junta in Myanmar for the execution of four pro-democracy activists in July

Photos: Filipinos celebrate promulgation of heroic virtues of Venerable Teofilo Camomot

July 31, 2022

Thousands of people attended the Thanksgiving Mass and promulgation of the decree of Venerable Teofilo Camomot’s heroic virtue

Photos: New priest installed in new parish in ‘old’ village

July 18, 2022

A new priest has been installed in a new parish in a village named Old Balara in Quezon City in the Philippine capital

Photos: Claretians ordain first missionary priest from Myanmar

Father Francisco Saw Jimmy Htwe, CMF, becomes the first Burmese national to be a Claretian missionary priest

Photos: Filipino Muslims observe ‘Feast of Sacrifice’

“Eid al-Adha” commemorates the willingness of Prophet Abraham to sacrifice his son Ishmael as an act of obedience to God's command

Photos: Installation of a new parish priest

The installation or induction of a new parish priest is an occasion for him to be formally presented to the parish in a liturgical context

SILENCED & VOICELESS

Three life sentences each for human trafficking and child abuse

Child abuse victims need healing therapy

The cry of many children is “Mama, why did you not believe me, why did you let him do it to me?”

‘Always frightened’: life for Ukrainians in ruined estate

With most of the children gone, the cherry trees have remained unpicked, their fruit left to drop on the pockmarked pavement

Abuse survivor’s ordeal sheds light on Malaysia ‘unilateral conversions’

The issue has become another battleground between increasingly vocal Islamist hardliners and those seeking to defend the rights of minorities

Greens, fisherfolk call for review of gov’t reclamation projects

In a letter, the group requested the Environment department “to bring utmost attention to reclamation issues”

Letters from prison

"Are you truly free out there? Or have you resigned yourselves to be shackled by the chains of your fears, your anxieties, your apathy?"

Survey says 12.2M Filipino families felt ‘poor’ in second...

The figure points to an increase from the 10.9 million Filipino families who felt “poor” during the first quarter of the year

Faith on trial: Church people under attack

The risks endured by faith-based human rights defenders increase as they incarnate the Christian gospel and the mandate of Church mission

Post-raid trauma and blessings

From where you are now, you can probably see that the invention of untruths seems to have been a legacy and is now “institutional”

LiCAS.news PhilippinesLIGHT FOR THE VOICELESS

Make a difference!

MOST RECENT

IN FOCUS