August, 2019
Thai military pilot ‘sacrificed his life’ for others
August 13, 2019 · By ucanews.com reporter, Bangkok for www.ucanews.com
The Catholic instructor pilot who died while on a training mission in northern Thailand displayed the ultimate self-sacrifice as he faced death, it has emerged. Francis Xavier Narupol Lertkusol, known to his friends as ‘Captain Pete,’ lost his life when the Air Force training jet he was flying crashed July 11 near the city of Chiang Mai. His […]
Read More...Protestant pastor shot dead in southern Philippines
August 13, 2019 · By Bong S. Sarmiento, General Santos City for www.ucanews.com
A Protestant pastor in the southern Philippine province of North Cotabato has been shot dead by gunmen in the town of Antipas, police said on Aug. 2. Authorities identified the victim as Ernesto Estrella, 51, a married pastor of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines. Antipas police chief Joven Alisasis said at least […]
Read More...Helping the Work of Saint Teresa in Calcutta
August 9, 2019 ·
Helping the Work of Saint Teresa in Calcutta Fr. Shay Cullen 8 August 2019 To walk and meet a canonized saint is a wonderful experience and that I did when Saint Teresa came to Manila. Yet many years previous to that, it was my visit to her home and that of the Missionaries of Charity […]
Read More...Australian man, 62, caught ‘red-handed’ with underage boys: Nepal police
August 9, 2019 · By Agence France-Presse for www.scmp.com
Police in Nepal on Wednesday were investigating whether an Australian man arrested for allegedly abusing two boys had more victims or was part of a network of paedophiles. The 62-year-old paragliding pilot was arrested on Tuesday, after police raided his rented house in the tourist town of Pokhara following a tip-off, making him the latest foreigner […]
Read More...Pictured: Paedophile’s evil lair where 51-year-old livestreamed child abuse from the Philippines for as little as 93p a time as he is jailed for nine years
August 9, 2019 · By AMIE GORDON FOR MAILONLINE for www.dailymail.co.uk
A paedophile who paid to watch horrific images children of being sexually abused in the Philippines has today been jailed for nine years. Matthew Bell is the first person in Scotland to be convicted of livestreaming sexual abuse. The 51-year-old used adults in the Philippines to prey on children and livestreamed the abuse to his […]
Read More...When 3-year-old girls become ‘collateral damage’
August 9, 2019 · By Marielle Lucenio, Manila for www.ucanews.com
It was just past six o’clock in the morning when the armed men came. They had their faces covered, but those inside the house knew the intruders were policemen. The masked men shattered windows and kicked the doors open while shouting for “Kato” (not his real name) to surrender. “Kato” was a “drug suspect,” one […]
Read More...Corskie San Jose, DepEd Olongapo Teacher, Convicted of Two Counts of Child Abuse and Ordered Jailed
August 8, 2019 · By Francis B. Bermido, Jr.
Corskie San Jose, DepEd Olongapo Teacher, Convicted of Two Counts of Child Abuse and Ordered Jailed Francis B. Bermido, Jr. August 8, 2019 Corskie M. San Jose, a public high school teacher in Olongapo City, was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of lascivious conduct for abusing two male students in 2017, one only 11 years […]
Read More...Philippine superiors issue war cry over govt ‘attacks’
August 8, 2019 · By Mark Saludes and Marielle Lucenio, Manila for www.ucanews.com
The Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines (AMRSP) has appealed to Catholics to “resist the shadow of fear cast over the nation” following government allegations that several church leaders conspired to oust President Rodrigo Duterte.It called on people to resist the government’s “lies, violence and betrayal,” at a gathering attended by hundreds of priests, […]
Read More...Journalists lead this year’s winners of ‘Asia’s Nobel Prize’
August 8, 2019 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.com
A musician, two journalists, a human rights worker, and a father who lost his son to suicide are this year’s winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Award, which has been dubbed “Asia’s Nobel Prize.” The winners were chosen from among candidates known to advance causes aimed at improving lives and transforming societies in Asia. “They have shown […]
Read More...Philippine Catholics march to defend church leaders
August 8, 2019 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Catholics in the northern Philippines are throwing their support behind church leaders accused of conspiring to overthrow President Rodrigo Duterte. About 3,000 people in Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese took to the streets on July 31 to show their support for their archbishop. Church workers, students, and parishioners carried placards with messages expressing support for Archbishop Socrates Villegas and other accused […]
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