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Philippine Church raises alarm over weakened FPIC protections for Indigenous communities

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“The Church recognizes indigenous peoples not simply as recipients of pastoral assistance but as partners in the mission of the Church and custodians of creation"
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El Niño threatens 190 million children across Asia-Pacific

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UN agencies warn worsening El Niño could disrupt food, water, health and schooling for millions of vulnerable children
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Pope Leo XIV gives stern warning to bishops on clerical child abuse

Father Shay Cullen -
Bringing child abusers to justice, convicting, and jailing them is a most important way to protect children from priests and laypeople committing heinous crime

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Philippine tribe in limbo over US-led tech hub

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The Aetas remain uncertain if the government would help them build new homes or provide land to cultivate for income if they are moved

Thai missionary in Taiwan sees God’s hand from childhood prayers in Teochew to parish in Hsinchu

Chainarong Monthienvichienchai, Thailand -
Fr. Bosco Phulsap Leelanurak reflects as Thai Missionary Society marks 375 days until 10th anniversary of its Taiwan mission

‘The ber months’: Christmas arrives early in the Philippines

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Welcome to the "ber months" – a months-long countdown to the most anticipated holiday on the calendar in the deeply Catholic country
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SPOTLIGHT: Hope to Ride, Ride to Hope

Mark Saludes and Sr. Mary Catherine Hop Pham, FMSR -
Isolated communities in Vietnam receive lifeline and hope from the most unexpected of motorbike convoys

Beyond echo chamber, Asian sisters bring mission stories to mainstream media

Mark Saludes, Rwanda -
Religious women from India, Thailand and the Philippines are building media ties to bring overlooked community stories wider attention

New bishop to Urdaneta flock: ‘I am yours’

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Inside, he offered the congregation the four words that have guided his priesthood: “Domine, Tuus Sum” — Latin for “Lord, I am yours.”
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Pope Leo XIV gives stern warning to bishops on clerical child abuse

Father Shay Cullen -
Bringing child abusers to justice, convicting, and jailing them is a most important way to protect children from priests and laypeople committing heinous crime

Protecting the people behind the gold: Why small-scale miners need more than regulation

Leoncio Na-oy -
Responsible mining should also be measured by how we protect the people whose lives, labor, and communities make that industry possible

Crop change, land use change, climate change: Conversations with Indigenous youth

Fr. Pedro Walpole, SJ -
There is much work ahead but there are also many sources inspiration in stories from those who share the hope, care, practice, with a moral and spiritual grounding

Five Mysteries of Peace: A Rosary for Asia’s wounded world

John Singarayar SVD -
This October, let the Magnificat become our song: a song of hope in a wounded world, a song of the lowly lifted up, a song of mercy stronger than violence
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Farmers, fishers demand immediate El Niño aid as drought threatens food production

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Rural groups warn that worsening drought, rising fuel costs and delayed aid could deepen losses across agriculture and fisheries

Philippine Church raises alarm over weakened FPIC protections for Indigenous communities

LiCAS News -
“The Church recognizes indigenous peoples not simply as recipients of pastoral assistance but as partners in the mission of the Church and custodians of creation"

El Niño threatens 190 million children across Asia-Pacific

LiCAS News -
UN agencies warn worsening El Niño could disrupt food, water, health and schooling for millions of vulnerable children

Pope Leo XIV gives stern warning to bishops on clerical child abuse

Father Shay Cullen -
Bringing child abusers to justice, convicting, and jailing them is a most important way to protect children from priests and laypeople committing heinous crime

Pope: Posing questions is ‘essential’ part of the journey of faith

Vatican News -
Pope Leo XIV reminds students and professors to seek the truth together and deepen faith through the use of reason

Oil spill justice call expands to protection of municipal waters, Verde Island Passage

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The Church agency says coastal families need lasting remedies as pollution, illegal fishing and climate pressures threaten livelihoods

Protecting the people behind the gold: Why small-scale miners need more than regulation

Leoncio Na-oy -
Responsible mining should also be measured by how we protect the people whose lives, labor, and communities make that industry possible

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El Niño threatens 190 million children across Asia-Pacific

UN agencies warn worsening El Niño could disrupt food, water, health and schooling for millions of vulnerable children
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Advocates challenge privatized power model, push public control

Energy advocates say public control is needed to cut electricity costs and protect communities from harmful projects nationwide
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Fisherfolk turn art into protest against proposed coastal roads...

Photography and poetry brought residents’ concerns into public view as communities called for protection of livelihoods and ecosystems
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EQUALITY & JUSTICE

Church presses for ‘just transition’ as coal uncertainty threatens...

Church leaders are pressing government and industry to protect livelihoods, diversify the economy and rehabilitate mining-affected island communities

Energy groups renew call for DOE chief to quit...

Coalition says repeated outages and rising generation charges are squeezing households already struggling with stagnant wages and costs

Church groups say Veloso pardon should renew fight against...

nterfaith leaders say Veloso’s freedom should renew efforts against trafficking and address poverty and exploitation driving migrant vulnerability

Civil society presses AIIB to tighten climate, community safeguards

Civil society groups say AIIB’s next decade should give affected communities greater protection, participation and access to remedy
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