Gas auction faces consumer pushback over price, energy transition risks

Consumer advocates say volatile gas prices and unclear transition limits could expose households to power costs for years

Diocesan Reports

New Tagbilaran bishop to be installed next month

Norman Dequia, CBCP News - September 17, 2026

Pope Leo XIV appointed Varquez, a native of Bohol province’s Sevilla town, as Tagbilaran’s eighth bishop on Sept. 10.

Church in Action

Faith-based group launches seven-year tree stewardship drive

LiCAS News - September 17, 2026

A new Catholic ecology campaign asks communities to care for trees through 2033, tracking survival, growth and restoration

Church & Asia

WYD 2027 preparations move into dioceses, parishes, and youth communities

Mark Saludes - September 17, 2026

Delegates return home carrying a mission to prepare young Catholics through local communities ahead of next year’s gathering

NEWS ALERT

Consumer groups warn gas auction could drive up power costs nationwide

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Vatican’s first woman dicastery chief to address Philippine religious leaders

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German priest who ministered to Mary Jane Veloso on death row...

June 10, 2026

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June 8, 2026

INTERNATIONAL

WYD 2027 preparations move into dioceses, parishes, and youth communities

Mark Saludes - September 17, 2026

Pope Leo XIV: New martyrs reflect Christ’s light to the world

Deborah Castellano Lubov, Vatican News - September 17, 2026

Our Lady weeps for digital age

John Singarayar SVD - September 16, 2026

AI’s phenomenal growth and child exploitation

September 16, 2026

Pope Leo XIV’s “Freedom Under Grace” released in English

September 16, 2026

Frontier AI race threatens human rights without stronger safeguards, UN warns

September 15, 2026

DIOCESAN REPORTS

New Tagbilaran bishop to be installed next month

September 17, 2026

New book chronicles Cardinal Advincula’s pastoral journey in Manila

September 16, 2026

Bishop: Church must confront failures to build safe communities

September 4, 2026

Bishop calls reforestation ‘a big lie’ as 57,000 trees face cutting...

September 2, 2026

Archbishop Soc marks 25 years as bishop, says ministry is ‘dangerous...

September 1, 2026

New bishop to Urdaneta flock: ‘I am yours’

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FEATURES

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

Chainarong Monthienvichienchai, Thailand - September 10, 2026

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

Agence France Presse - September 8, 2026

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

Sisters of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary

SPOTLIGHT: Hope to Ride, Ride to Hope

Mark Saludes and Sr. Mary Catherine Hop Pham, FMSR - August 26, 2026

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 - August 10, 2026

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’

CBCP News - July 29, 2026

Inside, he offered the congregation the four words that have guided his priesthood: “Domine, Tuus Sum” — Latin for “Lord, I am yours.”

Listening for human dignity: Youth Social Hackathon concludes with promised action for mental health, ecology

Chainarong Monthienvichienchai & Nattha Nuchsuwan - July 29, 2026

Thai students turned listening into action, developing technology-driven responses to mental health concerns, waste management and social exclusion

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COMMENTARY

Our Lady weeps for digital age

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In an age tempted to solve suffering out of existence rather than accompany it, she remains a strange, stubborn, necessary witness

AI’s phenomenal growth and child exploitation

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AI-enabled online child abuse is an international crime that is expanding rapidly beyond the control of government

Vincentian Life Series | Virtues of St. Vincent de Paul

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“The virtues which have taken deep root in the heart are those battered by the storms of temptation, and practiced despite difficulty and repugnance of nature”

CBCP head’s homily at Asian Catholic Digital Missionary Assembly opening Mass

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Homily delivered by CBCP President Archbishop Gilbert Garcera at the opening Mass of the Asian Catholic Digital Missionary Assembly at Radio Veritas Asia

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New Tagbilaran bishop to be installed next month

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Pope Leo XIV appointed Varquez, a native of Bohol province’s Sevilla town, as Tagbilaran’s eighth bishop on Sept. 10.

Gas auction faces consumer pushback over price, energy transition risks

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Consumer advocates say volatile gas prices and unclear transition limits could expose households to power costs for years

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A new Catholic ecology campaign asks communities to care for trees through 2033, tracking survival, growth and restoration

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Delegates return home carrying a mission to prepare young Catholics through local communities ahead of next year’s gathering

Pope Leo XIV: New martyrs reflect Christ’s light to the world

Deborah Castellano Lubov, Vatican News -

Leo commends the witnesses as "stars shining in the darkness of selfishness and oppression" who "help the Church to reflect more fully the light of Christ the Lord"

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Victims’ families welcomed the courtroom development as judges prepared for trial amid disputes over evidence and Duterte’s fitness

VIEWFINDER

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Protesters marched toward the Philippine Congress, demanding lower prices, higher wages and relief from rising public service costs

PHOTOS: Philippine Church, civil groups mark global prayer call with peace vigil, protest

April 12, 2026

Faith leaders warn rising tensions abroad are worsening economic hardship, exposing vulnerabilities and deepening inequality across Filipino communities

PHOTOS: Philippine bishop calls Church to act on rising costs, crisis in Easter message

April 5, 2026

Amid rising costs and uncertainty, a Filipino bishop calls parishes to act together in the spirit of Easter

Faith and homecoming mark Good Friday in rural Philippines

April 4, 2026

Filipino Catholics return home for Good Friday, where faith, family, and economic pressures intersect in a centuries-old tradition

PHOTOS: One in five priests struggling, Manila cardinal says at Chrism Mass

Survey findings revealed during Holy Week liturgy highlight growing emotional strain and need for stronger support among clergy

PHOTOS: Urban poor turn Lenten rites into call for housing justice in the Philippines

The action underscored housing as a fundamental human right and pressed for a more responsive and accountable government

Photos: Palm Sunday in the Philippines

Palm Sunday recalls Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, where crowds welcomed him with palm branches, marking the start of Holy Week

SILENCED VOICES

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