June, 2022
Filipino prelate gets another top Vatican post
June 8, 2022 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Filipino prelate gets another top Vatican post Pope Francis has appointed Manila’s former archbishop Cardinal Luis Tagle as a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Cardinal Tagle’s appointment, along with several other leading churchmen including Myanmar’s Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, was announced by the Holy See’s press office on June 1. […]
Read More...Korean Church honors women who defied Japanese oppression
June 8, 2022 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Korean Church honors women who defied Japanese oppression A Catholic diocese in South Korea has unveiled a monument to honor three female Catholic patriots who stood up to oppressive Japanese colonial rule more than a century ago. Bishop Moon Chang-woo of Jeju Diocese, which covers South Korea’s largest island of Jeju, inaugurated the monument at a […]
Read More...Filipino bishop sounds nuclear alert on Marcos power aims
June 8, 2022 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Filipino bishop sounds nuclear alert on Marcos power aims A Catholic diocese in the Philippines has reiterated its opposition to any attempts to revive the country’s first-ever nuclear power plant built by the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Balanga Diocese in Bataan province, where the plant is located, said it feared for the public’s safety if the […]
Read More...Plastic waste set to triple by 2060 without action
June 8, 2022 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
Plastic waste set to triple by 2060 without action A world severely blighted by plastic pollution is on track to see the use of plastics nearly triple in less than four decades, according to findings released this morning. Annual production of fossil-fuel-based plastics are set to top 1.2 billion tonnes by 2060 and waste to […]
Read More...DICT: Elon Musk’s Starlink may start delivering services in PH by Q4 2022
June 8, 2022 · By CNN Philippines Staff for www.cnnphilippines.com
DICT: Elon Musk’s Starlink may start delivering services in PH by Q4 2022 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 3) — The Department of Information and Communications Technology projected that Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service company may start delivering its services to Filipinos by the fourth quarter of 2022. “They have started building their ground […]
Read More...Philippines election result is a win for dynasty politics
June 7, 2022 · By Rebecca Ratcliffe in Manila for www.theguardian.com
Philippines election result is a win for dynasty politics t was a deal – rumoured to have been brokered at the exclusive island resort of Balesin – that set the course of the Philippines election. The children of two of the country’s most powerful families agreed to join forces: dictator’s son Ferdinand Marcos Jr would […]
Read More...Youngest cardinal from Mongolia has vital role to play
June 7, 2022 · By Ben Joseph for www.ucanews.com
Youngest cardinal from Mongolia has vital role to play Making someone a prince of the Catholic Church in a sparsely populated Asian country sandwiched between communist China and authoritarian Russia has much to do with faith and pastoral requirements. But its apparent geopolitical expediency cannot be ignored. By conferring a red hat on 47-year-old Bishop Giorgio […]
Read More...EcoWaste Coalition Asks E-Commerce Giants to Make Online Shopping Mercury-Free
June 7, 2022 ·
EcoWaste Coalition 78-A Masigla Extension, Barangay Central, 1100 Quezon City, Philippines Phone: +632-82944807 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: http://ecowastecoalition.blogspot.com Press Release EcoWaste Coalition Asks E-Commerce Giants to Make Online Shopping Mercury-Free 3 June 2022, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition slammed the persistent use of online shopping platforms to advertise and sell skin lightening creams containing mercury […]
Read More...For Filipinos, collective amnesia seems the key to happiness
June 7, 2022 · By Jose Mario Bautista Maximiano for www.ucanews.com
For Filipinos, collective amnesia seems the key to happiness The world is confronted with an “escalation of evil,” Pope Francis said while meeting with delegates of a Jewish service organization called B’nai B’rith International on May 30. The Hebrew words B’nai B’rith mean “Children of the Covenant.” The “escalation of evil,” according to the pope, builds up […]
Read More...BTS-mania sweeps the White House as boy band speaks on anti-Asian hate
June 7, 2022 · By David Smith in Washington for www.theguardian.com
BTS-mania sweeps the White House as boy band speaks on anti-Asian hate Young fans peer through the gates while K-pop sensations meet the president and address the press They braved sweltering heat, they pressed their faces to the fence, they clutched cameraphones in the hope of glimpsing their idols. The dozens of young fans at […]
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