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Limited number of people allowed to attend ‘simple’ installation rites of new Manila archbishop

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Cardinal Jose Advincula will be installed as the 33rd archbishop of Manila, the oldest diocese in the Philippines, on June 24
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‘Justice never sleeps:’ Families of Philippine drug war victims welcome ICC probe

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The ICC prosecutor asked the court to allow a full investigation into the killings in the Philippines' war on drugs
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Cardinal Tagle turns emotional as he recalls grandfather’s migration story

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The Filipino cardinal said the refugee camps in Greece, Lebanon, Jordan, and Bangladesh, reminded him of his migrant roots

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Dante’s Divine Comedy to float among the stars

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A copy of the entire Divine Comedy will be sent up into space and left there to float in the heavens among the stars

Philippine gender rights advocates take on a disease deadlier than HIV and COVID-19

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Gender-based violence was the most frequently reported and perceived fear during the pandemic period

Taxi for hire! Bangkok cabbie hopes to capitalize on his COVID-19 shot

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Only 2.7 million Thais have received a first vaccine dose and the government has been scrambling to source more

Face masks add to sea pollution at popular Philippines dive site

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Regular visitors and locals have reported a rise in the number of face masks and PPE shields being collected from the seabed

Venezuela’s Dancing Devils ask for an end to the pandemic

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The celebration of the Catholic holiday mixes indigenous, African and Spanish traditions

Photos: Do you miss the Corpus Christi Sunday processions before the pandemic?

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Here's a glimpse of past Corpus Christi celebrations through the lens of LiCAS.news photojournalists Jire Carreon and Angie de Silva
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Pope’s message on Fifth World Day of the Poor: “The poor you will always have with you”

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"The poor, always and everywhere, evangelize us, because they enable us to discover in new ways the true face of the Father"

God’s way is my way

Bishop Pablo Virgilio David -
You can miss the kingdom of God if you underestimate things that seem worthless to you at first impression

Be like a tree

Brother Jess Matias -
Much can be reflected upon and learned from the sturdiness and silence of trees, from how it passively receives the providence of God

Pride Month: ‘Ano ba ang problema mo sa bakla?’

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Kung may dapat mang ikahiya, iyan ay ang mga taong ginagamit ang kapangyarihan upang tirisin ang mahihina at mahihirap
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Manila Catholic bishop challenges Duterte to cooperate with ICC probe into drug killings

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“If [the Duterte administration] did nothing wrong, the investigation will show," said Bishop Broderick Pabillo of Manila

Philippines aims to deploy more nurses, healthcare staff overseas

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Nurses are among the more than 10 million Filipinos who work and live overseas, with annual remittances in excess of US$30 billion

Pope Francis again calls on world leaders to ‘convert death into life, weapons into food’

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Pope Francis said rebuilding after the pandemic is an opportunity to confront the failures of the past

Limited number of people allowed to attend ‘simple’ installation rites of new Manila archbishop

Jose Torres Jr. -
Cardinal Jose Advincula will be installed as the 33rd archbishop of Manila, the oldest diocese in the Philippines, on June 24

Cardinal Sim of Brunei laid to rest

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Cardinal Sim died on May 29 in a hospital in Taiwan while undergoing treatment for cancer

Watchdog says ‘pervasive’ digital sex crime affecting life for South Korean women, girls

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South Korea has become the global epicenter of spycam — the use of tiny, hidden cameras to film victims naked, urinating or having sex

Soldiers raid Catholic convent, interrogate priests in Myanmar

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Six priests were taken to a police station where they were questioned for almost 24 hours


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SPOTLIGHT: Philippines’ Church under attack

Church and religious groups across the country have been under attack in recent years primarily because of their work in poor communities
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Rights group calls for probe into killings of former...

Former priest Rustico Tan was killed in Cebu while peace consultant Reynaldo Bocala and his aide were killed in Iloilo province
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"The Church is called to go out into the streets of every existential periphery in order to heal wounds and to seek out the straying"

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