CBCP STATEMENT ON THE DIVORCE BILL
The fact that we’re one of the last few countries without a divorce law until now speaks volumes about us as a nation. No doubt, those who associate divorce with being progressive would laud our legislators who are currently raring to pass a divorce bill in Congress. With due respect to them, we beg them to make room for more reasoned debates on the issue. Since they act as representatives of the people who elected them in office, we humbly suggest that they submit their personal opinions to a further consultation with their constituents. Perhaps they can also consult experts…
Pastoral Statement Against Divorce
21 February 2018 Note: The above statement was discussed during the first meeting of the 2018 ECFL National Conference. The following were present and called for the issuance of a pastoral statement against divorce. This is the shortened version. Benjamin Aguilar of the Prayer Warriors of the Holy Souls Michael Ariola, Jimmy and Lorna Ilagan, Lawrence Quintero of Couples for Christ Global Mission Foundation Dr. Rene Bullecer of Human Life International – Philippines Victorico and Ma. Clarita Fernandez of Ang Ligaya ng Panginoon Floro and Natalia Teresita Flores of Focolare New Families Movement Raymond Ganar and Rex Morales of World…
Cardinal Tagle to lead walk against killings
(L-R) George Campos of the Couples for Christ, CBCP Commission on Laity chairman; Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo; Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas president Julieta Wasan, and Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Philippines media direcor Peachy Yamsuan hold a press conference, Feb. 12, 2018. ROY LAGARDE Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle will lead the march in Manila next week to protest the continued killings in the country. In what could be the largest pro-life event so far this year, the “Walk for Life” will be held simultaneously in other dioceses on Feb. 24. In a press briefing on Monday, Manila…
49 Abortion Clinics Closed in 2017, 77% of All Abortion Clinics Open in 1991 Have Shut Down
In a year that abortion businesses attempted to expand in America, the actual number of abortion facilities decreased by 27 clinics over 2016 totals. Closures far outpaced newly opened abortion facilities in 2017. In all, 49 abortion facilities — 35 surgical and 14 medication only clinics — closed or halted abortion services. Only eight new surgical abortion facilities were opened, along with eleven new medication abortion facilities. There was also some movement between categories. Fourteen surgical abortion facilities now only conduct medication abortions, while five medication abortion facilities added surgical abortions. These encouraging statistics and more were verified through an…
Bishop condemns killing of priest
The body of Fr. Marcelito “Tito” Paez waits to be transported from the Gonzales General Hospital morgue in San Leonardo town to a funeral home in Guimba, Nueva Ecija, December 5, 2017. CBCPNews STO. DOMINGO, Nueva Ecija— Bishop Roberto Mallari of San Jose has expressed alarm at the killing of an elderly priest in his diocese. Four men in two motorcycles ambushed Fr. Marcelito “Tito” Paez at about 8pm while he was driving his vehicle in Jaen town. The priest was rushed to a hospital in the nearby town of San Leonardo but he expired around two hours later after…
Church urges repentance over rampant killings
MANILA— The head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines today called for repentance amid the rising death toll of criminals and drug suspects including minors. Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan, CBCP President, said time is calling everybody, including political and church leaders, to repent “so healing can begin”. “We need to repent as a nation,” Villegas said in his homily during the “Lord Heal Our Land Sunday” Mass at the Shrine of Mary, Queen of Peace, also known as the Edsa Shrine in Quezon City on November 5. “Repent now. Time is not ours. Start the healing by…
Our Lady of Fatima will be icon at prayer for healing
Thousands of devotees join the grand Marian procession along the streets of Cebu City to honor the 100th anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima’s apparitions in Portugal, October 13, 2017. SAMMY NAVAJA The Catholic Church will be using an image of Our Lady of Fatima in a procession against extrajudicial killings along the historic Edsa highway on November 5. It’s the same image that devotees brought to Edsa in the peaceful “people power” revolt in 1986, facing tanks and soldiers of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said it will be a prayerful gathering…
Church urges faithful to join ‘heal the nation’ Edsa procession
Seminarians and different religious groups call for an end to drug-related killings during a candlelight vigil at the Christ the King Church in Quezon City, Oct. 6, 2017. ANGIE DE SILVA MANILA— A “heal the nation” campaign will see people take to the historic street of Edsa next month to pray for peace amid the spate of killings in the country. The “Lord Heal Our Land Sunday” on November 5 will start another month-long period of praying for victims of extrajudicial killings as a result of the government’s bloody anti-drug war. To launch the activity, Catholic bishops are inviting Catholics…
Fr. Chito rescued from Maute captivity
MANILA— After being held hostage by terrorist gunmen for nearly four months, Fr. Teresito “Chito” Suganob has finally been rescued. Government security forces were recovered the priest along with another hostage near a mosque in Bato, Marawi City on Saturday night, Sept. 16. “He was rescued with another individual at about 11pm Saturday,” Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza told CBCPNews. Mr. Dureza would not release other details because military operations are still going on hoping to rescue other hostages. Suganob along with a number of civilians were abducted by the Islamic State-inspired Maute group last May 23 when…
Cardinal Tagle’s statement on drug-related killings
A letter from His Eminence Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle will be read in all masses (August 20) after communion. (English Version) Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Archdiocese of Manila, On August 12-17, 2017, I participated in the meeting of Caritas Latin America held in El Salvador, a country where many people had been killed in a civil war. Until now it still contends with armed groups. In El Salvador, I heard news of the increase of killings in our own country due to an intensified war against illegal drugs. I am inviting you to reflect, pray and act. First,…
