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Rights group welcomes ICC decision to allow new inquiry into Philippines’...
“The ICC investigation ... is the only credible avenue for justice for the victims and their families of the ‘war on drugs’"
Human Rights Watch decries ‘red-tagging’ of Philippine indigenous leaders, activists
In October 2022, the Philippine justice secretary defended red-tagging before the UN Human Rights Council, calling it “part of democracy”
Who are the two Filipinos installed by Pope Francis as catechists?
The pope formally instituted the ministry of catechist in 2021 following his decision to open the ministries of lector and acolyte to women
Bill promoting religious freedom approved in Philippines’ House of Representatives
The measure seeks to prohibit to burden, curtail, impinge or encroach on a person’s right to exercise his/her religious belief
Filipino among 10 people conferred lay ministries by Pope Francis
Pope Francis established the ministry of catechist as an instituted, vocational service within the Catholic Church in May 2021
Photos: Filipinos celebrate Lunar New Year
Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year, is one of the events China and Chinese communities around the world celebrate
Manila prelate says Catholic Church open to people of other faiths
This year’s observance of the “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity” carries the theme “Do Good. Seek Justice.”
Catalino Arevalo: A theology of ‘bits and pieces’
Even before “preferential option for the poor” gained worldwide currency, Arevalo already speaks of the Church “siding” with the oppressed
‘Father of Asian Theology,’ Father Catalino Arevalo, dies at 97
He drafted the FABC statement, “Evangelization in Modern Day Asia,” which remains “the most influential articulation" of the Churches of Asia
Festival hopping in honor of the Black Nazarene and Santo Niño
The colorful culture of the Philippines is best seen through the vibrant festivals, which are fusions of Catholic and secular practices
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