Santosh Digal

The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting and 14 other Christian and Muslim associations pledge to work together and ensure clean and peaceful elections.

Catholics, Protestants, Seventh-day Adventists, members of the Philippines-based Iglesia ni Kristo (Church of Christ) and other Christian groups are building houses together for Palawan’s homeless. Working together “breaks down barriers.”

The Catholic Church in Asia is increasingly concerned by the unstoppable exodus of Filipino migrants and confirms that it must be involved in taking care of their spiritual and psychological needs.

The archbishop of Manila reminds the faithful that during the Lenten season it is necessary to practice the self-discipline that Christ taught us, and to help one's neighbour. The bishops' conference calls for a battle against the enemies inside of us, like pride and greed.

Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo is the second Filipino to be proclaimed "venerable". The founder of the first women's religious congregation open to Filipino women, Mother Ignacia spent her life for God and neighbour. And a miraculous healing that took place after her death could lead to her beatification.

This week, the parish of Mandurriao celebrated the first Eucharistic celebration in Latin in more than 30 years. The participants say they were "spiritually inspired". The celebrant was Msgr Tuvilla, who at the homily used the local Hiligaynon dialect.

Felomino Catambis, a clergyman in the United Church of Christ in the Philippines, was murdered by two men on a motorcycle. The motive for the crime remains unknown. Fr Tullio Favali’s murderer Norberto Manero Jr leaves prison today.

After the recent release of the latest economic data a delegation of 20 bishops meets government leaders to express their concern for the growing gap between rich and poor and the exploitation of farmers and miners.

During the ceremony officiated by 6 bishops and 65 priests Father Roda’s kindness was remembered. Killed by allegedly pro-al-Qaeda militants, he was committed to justice and inter-faith dialogue.

The project is the brainchild of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) Commission on Biblical Apostolate, and involves the sending of texts and animation via mms to the mobile phones of subscribers. The Commission secretary underlines the initiatives’ importance in attracting young people by speaking their same language.

A member of Congress proposes a law to depenalise the abandonment of children if the latter are left at government facilities. For Cardinal Rosales parents must instead take care of their children; he warns against society’s moral decay.

He is remembered as "an example to priests and people throughout the region, and especially to the young”. The pope asks the killers to "renounce the ways of violence" and to work for a "just and peaceful society". How his bishop remembers him. Meanwhile, no new developments in the police investigation.