Equality & Justice

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

Angie de Silva -
Twenty-one detainees married their partners in an annual Mandaluyong jail ceremony that brought families together despite incarceration
Diocesan Reports

Bishop links decline in family prayer to fewer Church vocations

CBCP News -
“We have been praying less and less as a family. And as a result, less and less vocations are discovered,” Gaa said during a Mass on Oct. 31
Church & Asia

South Korea formalizes national support for World Youth Day 2027

LiCAS News -
Pilgrims will visit 15 dioceses before Seoul, bringing preparations for the global Catholic gathering into communities nationwide in 2027

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

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

IN PHOTOS: Jesus Is Lord Church marks 48 years with ‘Abba Father’ celebration

Angie de Silva -
The celebration highlighted JILCW’s growth from a small student group into an international ministry present in 82 nations
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Holiness is becoming fully human, fully alive

John Singarayar SVD -
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 

Father Daniel Franklin E. Pilario, C.M. -
Their violent deaths were signs of their Christian love for the neighbor in living out the way of compassion carved out by Jesus himself

Kuwentong Peyups | Remembering the desaparecidos during Undas

Dennis Gorecho -
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

Vincentian Life Series | Discernment, Indifference, and Disponibilité

Father Daniel Franklin E. Pilario, C.M. -
Vincentian discernment calls Christians to freedom, availability and action, embracing God’s will while resisting injustice and ecological destruction
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IN PHOTOS: Mandaluyong jail holds annual mass wedding for 21 detainees

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Church leaders backed Kasibu communities resisting mining, warning that court actions are being used against environmental defenders

Bishop links decline in family prayer to fewer Church vocations

CBCP News -
“We have been praying less and less as a family. And as a result, less and less vocations are discovered,” Gaa said during a Mass on Oct. 31

South Korea formalizes national support for World Youth Day 2027

LiCAS News -
Pilgrims will visit 15 dioceses before Seoul, bringing preparations for the global Catholic gathering into communities nationwide in 2027

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

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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass and recalls that our bond with the dead is not broken but transformed in our faith in Christ

Priest seeks independent probe into alleged falsification of drug war death certificates

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A Truth Commission review found recorded causes of death did not match forensic findings in at least 13 cases

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