On the eve of the first day of “Simbang Gabi,” the nine-day series of pre-dawn Masses, a Catholic bishop and an environmental group urged Filipinos to go for “an ecological and simple celebration” of Christmas.
Amid a controversy involving a Cebu priest allegedly connected to illegal ivory trade, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines on Wednesday said the Catholic Church does not condone ivory smuggling even if in the past it was a main ornament used for liturgical worship.
A Catholic bishop on Monday urged President Benigno Aquino III to take time off from his hectic schedule during the Holy Week for a quiet retreat and some self-reflection.
A Protestant bishop here said he was “guilty” of at least two counts of trafficking.
A Roman Catholic bishop called on the Aquino administration on Thursday to impose a moratorium on mining in Eastern Samar to protect the province’s remaining forests.
Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of the Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles in the United States, Gabino Zavala, on Wednesday, after he confessed to having fathered two children.
The police investigation of the burning of a Catholic-run radio station in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, has been hampered by a reported conflict between seminarians and the bishop running the vicariate.
Twelve residents of this city, two of them minors, were rescued from a hacienda in Negros Occidental where they had been working for P35 in daily wages since October.
For a Catholic bishop in Butuan City, the unbridled logging and mining in the Agusan provinces are what are driving crocodiles out of their natural habitat and bringing them into closer contact with humans. Butuan Bishop Juan de Dios Pueblos, who oversees parishes in Agusan del Sur and Agusan del Norte, suggested that logging and [...]
President Benigno Aquino on Friday said he sees no need to apologize to Catholic bishops, who demanded a public apology after the Church was put in a bad light when they were embroiled in the so-called “Pajero” scandal.
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma was elected Saturday afternoon as the incoming president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, the conference’s news agency said.
The seven Catholic bishops criticized for receiving donations of utility vehicles for charity projects in their dioceses during the Arroyo administration have decided to come face-to-face with senators looking into the controversy.
Recognizing the urgency of the matter, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines’ permanent council on Saturday took over the investigation of bishops who received money from the Arroyo administration for the purchase of sports utility vehicles.
