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Pope Leo XIV: ‘Profound sorrow’ for slain priest, all suffering in Middle East

Philippines

A firefighter extinguishes a burned shop at a building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (Credit: Hussein Malla/AP.)

In war-torn Lebanon, a Filipino Jesuit stands with abandoned migrants

Mar 6
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Cardinal Jaime Sin hosted both of Pope John Paul II’s visits to the Philippines in 1981 and 1995. (Credit: Ryansean071/Wikimedia Commons.)

Filipinos remember prophetic Cardinal Sin on 40th People Power anniversary

Feb 27
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Vice President Sara Duterte leads the year-end celebration of the Office of the Vice President, in this photo posted on her Facebook account, Dec. 14, 2025. (Credit: Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook.)

Filipino priests & religious working to see VP Sara Duterte impeached

Feb 13
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Catholic bishops gather for a Mass ahead of their 131st plenary assembly, at the Minor Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Quezon City, Philippines, January 20, 2026. (Credit: Roy Lagarde/CBCP News.)

Filipino prelate warns brother bishops against ‘scandal’ of ‘lavish hospitality’

Jan 29
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza, president of Caritas Philippines. (Credit: Diocesan Social Communications Ministry - San Carlos/Facebook.)

Church opposes renewal of 50-year coal mining deal in central Philippines

Jan 20
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

The National Council of Churches in the Philippines is the biggest group of non-Catholic churches in the Philippines. (Credit: www.nccphilippines.org.)

Filipino Protestant churches denounce New Year’s Day bombing in coastal town

Jan 15
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Catholic devotees walk beside a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines, on its feast day, Friday Jan. 9, 2026. (Credit: Aaron Favila/AP.)

At Nazarene feast, Filipinos pray for corruption-plagued Philippines

Jan 9
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David celebrates the Midnight Mass on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord at the San Roque Cathedral, Caloocan City, Dec. 24, 2025. (Credit: San Roque Cathedral Parish-Diocese of Kalookan/Facebook.)

Filipino cardinal warns Congress of outrage over corruption, dynasties in 2026

Jan 2
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Cardinal Jose Advincula, the archbishop of Manila, presides over the Christmas Eve Mass at the Manila Cathedral, Dec. 24, 2025. (Credit: Eric Paul Guanlao/Manila Cathedral.)

‘Resist Herods,’ Manila archbishop tells Filipinos amid corruption scandal

Dec 26, 2025
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of San Carlos, president of Caritas Philippines. (Credit: Diocesan Social Communications Ministry-San Carlos.)

Philippine Church rejects $138-million budget for anti-communism task force

Dec 20, 2025
Joseph San Mateo

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