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Philippine bishop wants laypeople to administer dioceses
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MANILA (UCAN): Bishop Francisco de Leon of Antipolo, the Philippines, wants to allow laypeople or nuns to administer dioceses instead of priests. |
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Philippine Church leaders decry return of death penalty
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MANILA (UCAN): Church leaders in the Philippines have warned against any moves to pass a law that will revive the imposition of capital punishment. The Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care issued a statement on June 20 reminding newly elected legislators of their responsibility “to defend human life.” |
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Dam casts shadow of uncertainty in the Philippine mountains
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A waxing moon floated in the night sky, giving light to a small group of people huddled outside a hut in a hamlet somewhere in the hinterlands of Luzon Island in the Philippines. |
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Philippine religious leaders warn against investment scams
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MANILA (UCAN): A Catholic bishop and an Islamic law expert warned Filipinos against falling for money-making schemes that seem too good to be true as Philippine authorities launched an investigation into the activities of a religious sect that allegedly promises a 30 per cent return on investing in donations. |
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Duterte’s reaction to fishing boat sinking slammed
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MANILA (UCAN): Catholic bishops in the Philippines have criticised the government’s dismissal of the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel as a mere “maritime incident.” |
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Climate change hurts poor Filipinos the most
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The sea is engulfing a community of 40 households in the northern Philippines where people rely on whatever the ocean can offer for a living. |
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Young Filipinos join global effort to fight nature’s woes
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MANILA (UCAN): On June 22, Church leaders in Manila, the Philippines, launched the local counterpart of the Laudato Si’ Generation, a global youth movement that works to address the impact of climate change. |
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Hong Kong’s Filipinos pray for peace and unity on independence day
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HONG KONG (SE): The Filipino community in Hong Kong gathered at Chater Road, Central, and prayed for peace and unity as they celebrated the country’s 121st Independence Day on June 9, three days ahead of the actual date on June 12. |
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Rebuild of Marawi cathedral on hold
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MARAWI (UCAN): The rebuilding of St. Mary’s Cathedral in the Marawi, in Lanao del Sur, Mindanao, will have to wait until mosques are restored in the war-ravaged city according Brother Reynaldo Barnido, executive director of the non-government Duyog Marawi (Together Marawi) group. |
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Journalist to sue police for wrongful detention
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MANILA (UCAN): “I will sue them,” Margarita Valle, said after she was arrested on June 9 having been supposedly “mistaken” for a wanted person in Mindanao, the southern Philippines, |
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