Here is the Vatican-provided text of the discourse delivered yesterday, March 1, 2017, by Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, to the 34th Session of the Human Rights Council, Biennial High-Level Panel on “The Death Penalty:” Statement…
Press Statement Office of Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto 05 March 2017 In this divided nation, there will be disagreements on certain conclusions in the US State Department’s human rights report on the Philippines. There should be no discord, however, on one passage in the report, which is true…
House of Representatives set for final reading on legislation that could re-impose the death penalty UCAN/ Joe Torres, Manila Phili[pines, March 6, 2017 Philippine Catholic bishops expressed hope that members of the country’s Lower House will not support the passage of a law that will punish drug-related offenses with death.…
February 24, 2017 To: All Laiko Member National Lay Organizations and Archdiocesan Councils of the Laity Dear Brothers & Sisters, The peace and love of the Lord! On behalf of the CBCP Episcopal Commission on the Laity and the Board of Directors of LAIKO, I would like to express our sincerest…
AND GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD… CBCP Statement in Solidarity with Earth Hour God saw all that he had made…and it was all very good! The Christian must nurture earth and care for creation, for so is the Creator paid homage and done reverence. Creation bears the Divine…
Circular No. 17-02 February 28, 2017 TO ALL THE BISHOPS AND THE DIOCESAN ADMINISTRATORS Your Eminences, Your Excellencies & Reverend Administrators, RE: Communication from the Nunciature on a Fraudulent Attempt to Collect Funds This is in reference to the letter of the Most Rev. Guiseppe Pinto, the Apostolic Nuncio to the…
Dear friends, Peace. We are pleased to invite you to the forum, “Katarungan, Kapayapaan at Katiwasayan, Tungo sa Matatag, Maginhawa at Panatag na Buhay: Justice, Peace and Security as Essential Pillars of the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) and the Philippine Open Government Partnership (PH-OGP) National Action Plan”. The forum will be held…
‘The Word is a gift. Other persons are a gift’ Dear Brothers and Sisters, Lent is a new beginning, a path leading to the certain goal of Easter, Christ’s victory over death. This season urgently calls us to conversion. Christians are asked to return to God “with all their hearts”…
Lenten Reflection by By Sister Monina, FSP
Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) invites you to “Protecting People’s Right and Access to Natural Resources in the Context of Charter Change” A Roundtable Discussion on Mining, Charter Change, and Federalism March 29, 2017, 1:00pm to 5:00pm @ Function Room 108, UP Hotel, Diliman, Quezon City Cielo Magno Resource Person
