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(Eagle News) — Presidential daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio hit back at Archbishop Soc Villegas for calling the Dutertes pimps of Edsa and accusing them of trying to prostitute the meaning of Edsa People Power, saying it was actually her father who understoood the EDSA spirit better than the priest. Sara told Villegas that freedom is living a life that is free from your selective moral standard. “This is what the meaning of EDSA is,” […]
(Eagle News) — Catholic missionary nuns were among those who attended the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) evangelical mission in Rome last Saturday, February 18, held at the INC’s local congregation in the Italian capital. The nuns were among the many people — including those from the religious sector — who were given invitations for the INC evangelical mission in Rome, the most notable of whom was Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church. […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima, who is facing drug-related charges for her alleged role in the proliferation of the illegal drug trade at the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa City, is seen here in this photo attending the rally organized by the Catholic Church criticizing the extrajudicial killings which priests, bishops, and human rights advocates blame on the drug war of President Rodrigo Duterte. De Lima is facing the drug charges for […]
(Eagle News) — Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, visited for the first time on Friday, (February 17) the Roman Tre University, a public research university in Rome, Italy, where he met students who excitedly took the time to take various selfies with him and even briefly talked to one Filipino student who was handing him religious pamphlets and magazines of the Church of Christ (Iglesia Ni Cristo). Pope Francis, the […]
(Eagle News) – Malacañang hit officials of the Catholic Church on Sunday for claiming that there was a supposed “reign of terror” in many places under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, saying these Catholic leaders seem to be “out of touch” with the sentiments of their own people. Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella particularly put to task the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) for issuing a pastoral letter that raised concerns on […]
HAGATNA, United States | AFP | — A group of former altar boys have filed lawsuits against the Catholic Church in Guam seeking damages for historic child sex abuse allegedly committed by clerics in the Pacific territory. Four men lodged separate claims in the Guam Superior Court on Tuesday, three of which accuse Archbishop Anthony Apuron of molesting them when they were children. Apuron, who denies any wrongdoing, has stepped aside from his duties […]
DAVAO, Philippines (AFP) — Explosive incoming Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has launched a series of obscenity-filled attacks on the Catholic Church, branding local bishops corrupt “sons of whores” who are to be blamed for the nation’s fast-growing population. Duterte also warned the Church, which has a centuries-old tradition of influencing Philippine politics, that his landslide election win this month showed he had more power than its leaders and he would defy them by dramatically expanding […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Catholic Pope Francis has ruled out seeking the fast-track resignation of a French cardinal accused of failing to inform the authorities about an alleged paedophile priest, the French newspaper La Croix reported on Tuesday. In an interview with the Catholic daily on Monday, the pope said it would be “contradictory, imprudent” to seek Cardinal Philippe Barbarin’s resignation at this stage. “We will see after the end of (any) trial. But (to seek […]
by Martin Parry SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell admitted Monday the Catholic Church “mucked up” in dealing with paedophile priests and vowed he would not “defend the indefensible” before an Australian inquiry. Pell gave evidence from a hotel in Rome via video-link to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Sydney rather than appear in person as he has a heart condition. The inquiry is currently […]
(Reuters) — A British member of a Vatican advisory commission on sexual abuse who has been among the most outspokenly critical of the Vatican, has left the group, the Vatican said on Saturday (February 6), in an embarrassment for the Holy See. A statement said that at a commission meeting “it was decided” that Peter Saunders should take a leave of absence. Saunders himself a victim of sexual abuse by a priest, did not immediately […]
