Church questions plan to give condoms to Albay students

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 21:17:08 +0000

Church questions plan to give condoms to Albay students

LEGAZPI CITY — A plan by the Albay provincial government to distribute condoms to Grades 11 and 12 students in public and private schools ran into a wall of criticism from the Church and the Department of Education. The plan was supposedly designed to prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) […]

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Duterte lambasts priests anew

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:28:04 +0000

MANILA, Philippines  – President Rodrigo Duterte spewed another profanity-laden tirade on priests Thursday,  saying that he doesn’t care even if all of them were killed.

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French cardinal convicted of not reporting abuse

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 09:26:21 +0000

French cardinal convicted of not reporting abuse

A French court has found Cardinal Philippe Barbarin guilty for failing to report to justice accusations against a pedophile priest.

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Pope names Fil-Am priest auxiliary bishop of LA archdiocese

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 08:08:28 +0000

Pope Francis has named a Filipino-American priest auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Los Angeles (LA) in California. Rev. Msgr. Alejandro D. Aclan, 68, will serve under Archbishop Jose Gomez, and will be…READ

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11.3M women eyed in contraceptive plan

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 21:32:39 +0000

11.3M women eyed in contraceptive plan

President Rodrigo Duterte is stepping up the government’s family planning program in the next four years by encouraging more Filipinos to use contraceptives — something that may not sit well with the Catholic Church.

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Palace to Villegas: ‘Those without sin, cast the first stone’

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 16:50:41 +0000

Palace to Villegas: ‘Those without sin, cast the first stone’

“Those without sin, cast the first stone.“Malacañang had this to say on Tuesday in response to the video showing Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas slamming President Rodrigo Duterte for attacking the Catholic Church.

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Duterte says he’s not bound to heed Catholic clergy

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 21:36:16 +0000

Admitting that he was hurt by criticisms from members of the Catholic clergy early in his term, President Rodrigo Duterte has renewed his attacks on the Church, saying he is not bound to listen to it.

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President attacks Catholic Church anew during Basilan, Zamboanga visits

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 03:11:34 +0000

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President Duterte hit the Catholic Church anew in his speeches in Isabela City, Basilan as well as in this city.

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Cebu bishop hails Duterte call to ‘lay off’ Catholic church leaders

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2019 06:22:44 +0000

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has welcomed President Duterte’s recent call not to harm Catholic Church leaders.

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