Pope publicly acknowledges clergy sexual abuse of nuns

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 22:30:29 +0000

Pope publicly acknowledges clergy sexual abuse of nuns

Pope Francis on Tuesday publicly acknowledged the scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns and vowed to do more to fight the problem, the latest sign that there is no end in sight to the Catholic Church’s abuse crisis — and that it now has a reckoning from the #MeToo movement.

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Palace: Nobody can stop Duterte from attacking Catholic Church

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 08:40:21 +0000

Palace: Nobody can stop Duterte from attacking Catholic Church

Nobody can stop President Rodrigo Duterte from attacking the Catholic Church, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Tuesday.

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De Lima: Church has right to speak vs killings

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 04:58:39 +0000

De Lima: Church has right to speak vs killings

The Catholic Church has the right to speak out against the “different forms of degradation of human dignity,” Senator Leila de Lima said.

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Islamic State group claims Jolo church bombing — SITE

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 22:32:55 +0000

Islamic State group claims Jolo church bombing -- SITE

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a double bomb attack on a Catholic church in Jolo that killed at least 18 people.

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 ‘Most of those who died were our regular Mass-goers’ – apostolic administrator

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 11:05:20 +0000

 ‘Most of those who died were our regular mass goers’ -apostolic administrator

Father Romeo Saniel of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI), the Apostolic administrator of Vicariate of Jolo said most of the fatalities in the Jolo cathedral twin bombings were “regular Sunday Mass goers,” including the head of Parish Pastoral Council (PPC).

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It’s Church duty to speak vs abuses, says De Lima

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 21:26:47 +0000

It is the duty of the Catholic Church to speak up against killings, human rights abuses, misogyny and other actions detrimental to dignity being taken by the Duterte administration.

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