Bishops praise Bolivians who seize drug-trafficking plane at airstrip

Bishops in Bolivia’s Amazon region praised residents of a small town who seized a light plane, apparently owned by drug traffickers, that had violated their ban on landing at the local airstrip. “Drug trafficking in Bolivia is widespread, and this situation has made that clear,” Bishop Eugenio Coter of Riberalta, who heads the Pan-Amazonian Church... Read More

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August 8, 2019

Philippine religious superiors slam government ‘lies’ about Church leaders

The Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines appealed to Catholics to “resist the shadow of fear cast over the nation” following government allegations that several Church leaders conspired to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. It called on people to resist the government’s “lies, violence and betrayal,” at a gathering attended by hundreds of priests,... Read More

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August 2, 2019

Thousands of Philippine Catholics march to defend Church leaders

Catholics in a northern Philippines archdiocese marched in support of Church leaders accused of conspiring to overthrow President Rodrigo Duterte. About 3,000 church workers, students and parishioners from the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan carried placards with messages expressing support for Archbishop Socrates Villegas and other accused Church leaders during a prayerful demonstration on 31st July, ucanews.com... Read More

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February 19, 2019

Philippine bishop: Duterte’s drug war is ‘illegal, immoral and anti-poor’

A Catholic bishop in the Philippines said his government’s controversial war on drugs is really a war against the country’s poor. “There is no war against illegal drugs, because the supply is not being stopped. If they are really after illegal drugs, they would go after the big people, the manufacturers, the smugglers, the suppliers.... Read More

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September 28, 2018

US urged to end funding of research using tissue from aborted babies

The chairman of the US bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities praised a decision by the US secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to end a Food and Drug Administration contract with a company “whose business is to procure aborted baby parts for research.” After this important “first step,” it “remains incumbent” on... Read More

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