Santhos Digal

Caritas leads a coalition of 62 groups. For Fr Gariguez, recognising the rights of nature means recognising and honouring the environmental rights of human beings. A survey found that 17 per cent of Filipinos have reported “severe” effects of climate change in the past three years.

For 13 years a lay Franciscan, together with some other young people and adults, has been goes around with a cart in the big city’s poorest areas to bring the light of faith. “When I was a child, I was like them, broken family, experienced being a drug addict, but God changed me through the help of a catechist," he said. They carry with them a Marian image that they have called Our Lady of the Peripheries.

The only suspect on trial for the missionary's killing in 2011 says he cannot pay for a lawyer. So the court hearing was postponed once again, while the other accused are all still at large. Fr Jeremiah: 'The delaying tactic is evident. And the lack of media attention favours impunity'.

Several studies have shown that poverty and prostitution go hand in hand. In the Philippines, the problem mainly involves women and underage girls. Thanks to six reception centres throughout the country, the nuns continue their mission of supporting the last ones. Prevention also against online exploitation.

After 51 years of mission in the tormented south of the Philippines, serving the last and peace among religious communities, the Claretian missionary has returned to Spain. From Basilan to Zamboanga, he challenged Islamic terrorism by building opportunities for encounter.

Three million at the feast of Santo Niño after the severe trials experienced in the Philippines' second largest city by Covid-19 and the devastation of typhoon Odette. Archbishop Palma: 'We have seen that in times of difficulty Jesus is the hope to cling to'. The story of Maria Leriza who, thanks to this devotion, changed her life by giving up gambling.