Topic: Catholic Church
Final farewell for campaigning Irish priest
May 6, 2004 ·
Published in The Irish Catholic Father Niall O’Brien’, whose funeral Mass was celebrated this week in Dalgan Park, Navan, said in a final interview his only crime was to help poor Filipinos get a decent wage to support their families. Jailed in the Philippines by the Marcos Government in 1983 he recalled that the reason […]
Read More...Turbulent priest with a social mission
May 1, 2004 · , Published in The Irish Times
Father Niall O’Brien, who has died aged 64, became known internationally in the early 1980s during a 17-month Philippines trial on a trumped-up murder charge. He was one of the “Negros Nine” accused under the Marcos dictatorship of shooting a mayor on the southern sugar island of Negros. A Columban missionary, who worked for nearly […]
Read More...Turbulent priest with a social mission
May 1, 2004 ·
Published in The Irish Times Father Niall O’Brien, who has died aged 64, became known internationally in the early 1980s during a 17-month Philippines trial on a trumped-up murder charge. He was one of the “Negros Nine” accused under the Marcos dictatorship of shooting a mayor on the southern sugar island of Negros. A Columban […]
Read More...Vatican Calls For Action Against Prostitution
April 12, 2000 ·
VATICAN CITY, APR 12 (ZENIT.org).- The Vatican called on the international community to intervene against prostitution and other exploitation of women, children, and illegal finmigrants.
Read More...Vatican Lauds Moratorium on RP Executions
April 3, 2000 ·
WHERE there used to be only death and persecution, lights were turned on last week to celebrate the moratorium on executions in the Philippines.
The Vatican’on Saturday lighted up the ancient Roman Colosseum as a message that Philippine government leaders have been enlightened to respect the value of human life, according to Manila Auxiliary Bishop Teodoro Bacani.
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