Mangroves, bird habitat at stake: Cebu-Mactan 4th bridge and coastal road project to impact Cansaga Bay biodiversity

The proposed coastal road and bridge raises concerns over biodiversity loss, displacement, and environmental impact

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Catholic group joins growing calls for Korean president’s impeachment

LiCAS News - December 12, 2024

A Catholic advocacy group in South Korea has added its voice to mounting calls for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, amid escalating...

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Pope Francis: Gentleness, respect are more effective than ‘the strength of arguments’

Kristina Millare, Catholic News Agency - December 12, 2024

Pope Francis told thousands of pilgrims attending his general audience on Wednesday that “the strength of arguments” is not enough to convince people about...

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Energy transition projects threaten Indigenous territories in the Philippines, report says

LiCAS News - December 12, 2024

The report raised alarm over the potential for worsening violations of FPIC rights due to the global push for energy transition projects

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Hans Zimmer: We have a duty to do something that shakes people awake

Francesca Merlo, Vatican News - December 11, 2024

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Mangroves, bird habitat at stake: Cebu-Mactan 4th bridge and coastal road project to impact Cansaga Bay biodiversity

Kathleen Lei Limayo - December 10, 2024

The proposed coastal road and bridge raises concerns over biodiversity loss, displacement, and environmental impact

The rise of ‘Cardinal Ambo’

Felipe Salvosa, CBCPNews - December 10, 2024

He became the first Filipino non-archbishop to be elevated to the cardinalate and the first from his suburban diocese of Kalookan to receive the red hat

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Once devastated by logging, the restored forests now provide abundant, clean water, sustaining 120 households even during dry seasons.

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SPOTLIGHT: “They burned our home and killed our brothers”

Stephan Uttom Rozario - December 4, 2024

Shifting donor priorities leave Catholic Church struggling to support Indigenous people's desperate defense of their ancestral land in Bangladesh

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Energy transition projects threaten Indigenous territories in the Philippines, report says

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Catholic group joins growing calls for Korean president’s impeachment

A Catholic advocacy group in South Korea has added its voice to mounting calls for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, amid escalating...

Church leaders and rebels convene in Aleppo, pledge to...

Despite these hardships, the new Islamist forces controlling the city appear committed to maintaining normalcy for the Christian communities

Mangroves, bird habitat at stake: Cebu-Mactan 4th bridge and...

The proposed coastal road and bridge raises concerns over biodiversity loss, displacement, and environmental impact

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Can the lessons of the pandemic push the PH government to update air quality standards, honor the coal moratorium, and shift to RE?

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