Philippines

| PHILIPPINES – VATICAN

The Philippines Church and its people pay homage to Pope Francis. Cardinal David remembers him as a pastor among the faithful who chose “the dusty roads to the peripheries." Cardinal Advincula remembers his 2015 visit as a "moment of grace". President Marcos declared three days of national mourning. In offering its condolences, Silsilah, the movement for Islamic-Christian dialogue in Mindanao, says that we must “build together a human fraternity as Pope Francis reminds us to do”.

by Santosh Digal

Tensions in the south and former President Duterte’s trial are cause for concern. The country, the prelate writes, "is in a time of crisis, conflict and confusion". He urges the faithful to recite a particular invocation to God at Mass starting this weekend. The archbishop of Davao also calls for prayer.

| 21/03/2025
| PHILIPPINES

Established by the FABC, the commission is tasked with facilitating collaboration among Asian Churches to translate the path indicated by Pope Francis in their own context. It includes religious and lay people who took part in the Synod in Rome.

| 14/03/2025
| ASIA
by Stefano Vecchia

The former president was flown overnight to be arraigned before the International Criminal Court for “crimes against humanity”. His lawyers, family members and supporters tried to stop his departure. The trial risks further widening the gap between the Duterte and Marcos families ahead of May elections.

| 12/03/2025
| PHILIPPINES

The International Criminal Court's arrest warrant has been executed against the former president, accused of crimes against humanity for his controversial war on drugs, in which up to 30,000 people are presumed to have died from extrajudicial killings. The local Church has called on the government to cooperate with international justice to end widespread impunity.

| 11/03/2025
| PHILIPPINES
by Santosh Digal

A priest's initiative in Quezon City To help people live the journey towards Easter as a ‘time of penance, conversion and grace through the sacraments’. He started last Friday in View River: ‘I bring the Church to the people’.

| 10/03/2025
| PHILIPPINES

This morning a small part of the heart of the priest and religious was exposed to the faithful. This was followed by a solemn mass presided over by the bishop of Cubao. An occasion to celebrate the ten-year mission of the order, whose first community in the archipelago dates back to 8 March 1975. The commitment in the health sector alongside the sick, following the charisma of the founder.

| 08/03/2025
| PHILIPPINES
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