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(Eagle News)–Several Filipinos were among those injured in a recent bus accident in the border between Egypt and Israel, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday, Oct. 26. The DFA did not say exactly how many were hurt in the bus crash near St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, Egypt, but said an official of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines was included. The DFA identified the official as CBCP Secretary General Marvin Mejia. […]
(Eagle News)—–Australian nun Patricia Fox has asked the Bureau of Immigration to reverse its order cancelling her missionary visa, saying the order was based on “sloppy investigation and intelligence work.” In her 26-age counter-affidavit, Fox admitted she joined rallies in the Philippines, but said these were not “partisan political activities.” “I have joined rallies, gathering or assemblies of farmers, indigenous peoples who demand that their rights to land and resources be respected; or workers in […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to have rejected the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines’ call for Australian nun Patricia Fox to be allowed to stay in the country. “Karaming madre diyan. May mga madre pa sa bukid,” Duterte said on Wednesday, May 2, after he was reported to have met with lawyers from his alma mater San Beda College. The lawyers were allegedly asked by the CBCP to appeal the Bureau of Immigration’s […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, April 20, showed pictures of Catholic nun Patricia Fox apparently speaking in rallies, debunking the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines claim that the Australian nun whom President Rodrigo Duterte had ordered investigated never spoke in the protests. “Well I now have a picture…Malinaw na malinaw po na kasama po siya, may hawak po siyang mikropono..I am just telling the bishops, hindi po sinabi ni Sister Fox sa […]
(Eagle News) — Hinamon ni Philippine National Police Chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa ang Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) na iharap sa Senado ang umano’y mga pulis na umamin sa kanila na sangkot diumano sila sa extrajudicial killings ng pamahalaan. Ayon kay Gen. Dela Rosa, kung totoo ang sinasabi ng umano’y mga pulis ay mas maganda kung makuhanan ang mga ito ng kanilang affidavit at dalhin sa Senado. Kailangan din daw na masiguro […]
(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) – 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 […]
Forgiveness and the compassion in action. This is how the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president sees Presidents’ granting of executive clemency to elderly, long-interned and sick prisoners. They said that they don’t only wish to give these inmates the gift of freedom, but also to give them and their loved ones the opportunity to spend this period of time together as a family. President Noy Noy Aquino has finally grant pardon to […]
