Topic: Catholic Bishops Conference Of The Philippines
Roman Catholic church leaders in the Philippines apologised on Monday after some bishops accepted donations from a state-run lottery and became entangled in a corruption scandal.The president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, Bishop Nereo Odchimar, also said that ...
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine Catholic bishops on Tuesday walked out of talks with the government over a planned bill allowing contraception in open opposition to President Benigno Aquino who vowed to push the bill into law.Aquino pledged last month to push for ...
SAN FERNANDO, Philippines (Reuters Life!) - Nearly two dozen Filipinos were nailed to crosses to re-enact the passion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, in what they see as an extreme display of devotion but which the Roman Catholic Church criticizes as a ...
US fast-food chain McDonald's said Wednesday it had scrapped a television commercial in the devoutly Catholic Philippines after facing a barrage of criticism from church leaders."We recognise and respect the stand of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP ...
Bishops speak out against socially divisive and environmentally destructive mining.By Edwin Cordero MercurioAlarmed over the perilous state of the countries natural endownments, Catholic Bishops of Eastern Visayas Islands of Leyte, Samar and Biliran on October 22 issued a statement to the ...
By Edwin C. MercurioReplicating Pope John Paul II?s Day of Pardon in 2000 when he sought forgiveness for the Catholic Church?s sins against the Jews, protestants, indigenous peoples and women, ten Philippine Catholic bishops asked forgiveness for the church?s ...
Continued detention of the Morong 43 Denounced by Church Leaders The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)has issued a strong statement questioning the illegal arrest and continued detention of Morong 43 in a military facility. Sustained exposure to psychosomatic strains ...
Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Saturday sought dialogue with the powerful Catholic church amid a row over birth control, but stressed he would not back down in his support for contraceptives.Aquino also sought to downplay the row with the Catholic Bishops ...
MANILA (Reuters) - The senior bishop in the Philippines' powerful Roman Catholic church denied Friday any suggestion that the church could excommunicate President Benigno Aquino for backing a plan to teach Filipinos about contraception.The Church is a major social and political force ...
Philippine lawmakers have passed a resolution to re-write the constitution, a move critics said Wednesday is aimed at giving outgoing President Gloria Arroyo another term in power.However, it still needs the approval of the Senate, which is dominated by her opponents ...
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