December, 2018
Young Filipinos favor new Muslim region in Mindanao
December 18, 2018 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Young Filipinos in the southern Philippines favor a law, which will be put to a vote next month, that will pave the way for a new Muslim political entity in Mindanao. This was the result of a first round of surveys carried out in October and November by the non-government group International Alert Philippines and released on Dec. […]
Read More...Phillip Wilson’s overruled conviction explained and why public opinion was ‘dashed’
December 18, 2018 · By Ben Millington for www.abc.net.au
After less than four months in home detention, former Catholic archbishop Philip Wilson has had his conviction for concealing child sex abuse overturned. He was the highest-ranking Catholic in the world convicted of the crime, in what many people described as a landmark decision that could have opened the court doors to a flood of other […]
Read More...Philippine church groups call for renewed peace talks
December 17, 2018 · By ucanews.com reporter, Manila for www.ucanews.com
An ecumenical church group in the Philippines has renewed calls for the resumption of peace negotiations with communists following the arrest of several rebel peace consultants in recent weeks. Church leaders from various denominations and diverse Christian traditions said the talks are still the “most viable option to attaining a just and enduring peace.” Talks […]
Read More...The Greatest Christmas Gift for Children
December 17, 2018 ·
The Greatest Christmas Gift for Children Fr. Shay Cullen Christmas is the celebration of the wonder and great value we have in children. We celebrate their rights and dignity. Every family ought to protect and care for their children, not to pamper and spoil them as objects and even victims of crass commercialization and […]
Read More...Douglas Slade ordered to pay five Filipinos £127,000 over abuse
December 17, 2018 · By BBC Newswww.bbc.com
A paedophile has been ordered to pay £127,000 to five Filipinos in a “landmark” case, after a judge decided he had sexually abused them. Douglas Slade has not been convicted of those offences and denies wrongdoing. The men’s lawyer said the “unprecedented” High Court case “provided a sense of vindication for the victims”. Slade, 77, […]
Read More...Philippines’ Duterte says bishops should be killed
December 17, 2018 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Catholic bishops in the Philippines have hit back at President Rodrigo Duterte for saying they deserve to be killed, with one bishop branding him a murderous madman. In a Dec. 5 speech at the presidential palace in capital Manila, Duterte accused bishops in the overwhelmingly Catholic nation of being useless for criticizing his administration, which […]
Read More...Online predators prey on unloved children
December 17, 2018 · By Father Shay Cullen, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Nowadays parents, teachers and police have to be alert and aware that there are thousands of pedophiles luring and enticing youngsters online to be their friends and confidants. The young, especially if they lack parental affection, are lonely. They are easy victims of bullying at school and are the most vulnerable. They go surfing online, […]
Read More...Filipino Catholics challenge Duterte attacks on church
December 17, 2018 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Filipino Catholics are not letting relentless attacks by President Rodrigo Duterte on the church and its leaders go unchallenged. An influential lay organization has called on Catholics “to stand up for God and defend our faith in Him … [and] renew our commitment to go and fill our churches.” The Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas, the Council of the […]
Read More...Caritas Philippines builds 30,000 homes for typhoon victims
December 6, 2018 · By Ronald O. Reyes, Palo for www.ucanews.com
The social action arm of the Catholic Church in the Philippines says it has spent about US$60 million building houses for victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan that devastated the central part of the country in 2013. Aside from shelters, Caritas Philippines has also trained 2,653 local artisans, 16,354 people in safe building awareness, and formed […]
Read More...Filipinos begin celebrating ‘Year of the Youth’
December 6, 2018 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Filipino Catholics kicked off their observance of a special year for the youth with a call from church leaders for young people to let their voices be heard both within and outside the church. The country’s Catholic bishops have declared 2019 as the “Year of the Youth,” part of its “nine-year journey for new evangelization” […]
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