December, 2019
Diocese lobbies for Philippine tribe to get permanent home
December 5, 2019 ·
Church leaders in Romblon Diocese in the central Philippines have called on the government to rehouse Ati tribal people affected by tourism projects. The diocese’s Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples made the appeal following reports that local government officials planned to build a casino in the area. Father Billy Gregorio, head of the commission, said Ati […]
Read More...Tears and cheers for Pope Francis in Hiroshima
December 4, 2019 ·
In a somber and sometimes moving ceremony in Hiroshima, where testimony was heard from survivors of the city’s deadly 1945 atomic blast, Pope Francis stepped up his anti-nuclear weapon campaign, once more branding the very possession of such armaments as immoral. “With deep conviction I wish once more to declare that the use of atomic […]
Read More...Bishops decry firing of Philippines’ drug czarina
December 4, 2019 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.org
Two Catholic bishops in the Philippines have condemned the sacking of Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo as the country’s anti-drug czarina, calling the move shameful. Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo said the dismissal of Robredo showed how fickle-minded and insecure Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte really is. “The hiring and firing [of Robredo] show the fickleness of Duterte in the way he […]
Read More...Philippine faith communities declare climate emergency
December 4, 2019 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.org
Leaders of various religions and faith communities in the Philippines gathered this week in Manila for a landmark declaration of a climate emergency. The groups called for a unified stand and action against what they described is a climate crisis caused by environmentally destructive human activities. Living Laudato si’ Philippines, a lay-initiated climate movement based […]
Read More...Priests accused of abuse still getting paid by diocese, some for decades
December 3, 2019 · By Jay Tokasz for buffalonews.com
About two dozen Catholic Diocese of Buffalo priests removed from ministry due to child sex abuse complaints continue to collect a salary or pension from the diocese. Three of those suspended priests remain on the diocese’s payroll even though they haven’t functioned as clergy in more than 25 years, and six priests removed at least […]
Read More...Exploitation of ancestral lands destroying communities and environment.
December 3, 2019 · By ucanews reporter, Romblon for www.ucanews.org
Church leaders in Romblon Diocese in the central Philippines have called on the government to rehouse Ati tribal people affected by tourism projects. The diocese’s Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples made the appeal following reports that local government officials planned to build a casino in the area. Father Billy Gregorio, head of the commission, said Ati […]
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