Tag: Philippines
Photos: Philippines’ ‘town of moving saints’ reenact Christ and Mary’s encounter
Catholic devotees in Paete, Laguna, mark Holy Wednesday with the traditional “Unang Salubong” (first encounter) on April 16, 2025.
Life-sized images of Mater Dolorosa and...
Photos: Families of drug war victims gather for Palm Sunday blessing...
The ritual served not only as a religious observance but also as a public act of mourning and a call for justice
Philippine Catholic educators decry displacement of Palawan indigenous communities
Catholic educators expressed solidarity with Indigenous communities in Palawan facing eviction, condemning violence, and urging respect for ancestral rights, justice, and ecological protection.
On April...
Southeast Asia: Traffickers pose as Christian missionaries, pilgrims to exploit victims
Police operations, supported by wiretaps and coordinated investigations, have uncovered several cases using this “religious cover.”
Report submitted to UN cites worsening rights violations against Indigenous peoples...
Indigenous communities in the Philippines remain under threat despite existing legal protections, according to a newly released report submitted to the United Nations by...
PHOTOS | ‘Pilgrims of Hope’: Major superiors’ Lenten walk confronts poverty...
The Confessio Peccati tradition is inspired by St. Pope John Paul II’s act of repentance in the Jubilee Year 2000
Duterte in The Hague: Ex-Philippine leader to answer ICC charges on...
The former leader is accused of the crime against humanity of murder in connection with extrajudicial killings
Duterte in ICC custody: Philippine faith-based groups say arrest is ‘moral...
“It is about ensuring that no leader can ever again wield state power to violate the dignity and rights of Filipinos with impunity"
Coffee shop run by kin of drug war victims offers 50%...
Rodrigo Duterte was arrested Tuesday in Manila following an International Criminal Court warrant for “crimes against humanity”
Philippine bishops urge environmental vigilance after Palawan’s 50-year mining moratorium approval
The Palawan Provincial Board unanimously passed the ordinance on February 5, barring all new large- and small-scale mining applications
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