CBCP on Charter change: Why now?
Roman Catholic bishops of the Philippines remain opposed to any moves to amend the 1987 Constitution even questioning the timing of the proposed charter change.
Third quake rocks Mindanao in same month
For the third time in the month of October, a powerful earthquake rocked Mindanao.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the 6.5 magnitude tremor struck at 9:15 am on Thursday. It was tectonic in origin and happened at a depth of 2 kilometers, in Tulunan, North Cotabato, the same area where two previous 2 earthquakes struck this month.
Davao commemorates 3rd year of Roxas Night Market bombing
“That tragedy produced in us a common humanity, a common identity in us all as Davaoeños and that is what we are celebrating today,” Archbishop Romulo Valles said.
CBCP calls for prayers for bishops, priests accused of inciting to sedition
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila has also released a special prayer for church leaders ‘persecuted and falsely accused,’ to be recited in all Sunday Masses in Manila this August.
CBCP’s Valles issues carefully worded statement on sedition raps vs fellow bishops
Valles did not mention the priests also accused by the police of sedition, such as Jesuit priest Fr. Albert Alejo and Fr. Robert Reyes.