Nine dead after Covid-19 outbreak at two convents in Manila
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Nine dead after Covid-19 outbreak at two convents in Manila

MANILA (UCAN): Nine nuns have died while several others are in critical condition after a…

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Philippine cardinal and archbishop contract Covid-19
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Philippine cardinal and archbishop contract Covid-19

MANILA (UCAN): Jose Cardinal Advincula of Manila, and Bishop Jose Gerardo Alminaza of Diocese of…

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Jesuits and Missionary of Charity nuns safely out of Afghanistan
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Jesuits and Missionary of Charity nuns safely out of Afghanistan

KOLKATA (UCAN): Two Jesuit priests from India and four nuns from the Missionaries of Charity,…

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Cambodia’s Catholics and Buddhists join hands in Season of Creation
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Cambodia’s Catholics and Buddhists join hands in Season of Creation

BATTAMBANG (UCAN): Catholics in Cambodia joined hands with Buddhists to strengthen dialogue, fraternity and interfaith…

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A health worker in PPE [personal protective equipment] ministers to patients in the chapel of Quezon City General Hospital, which has been turned into a Covid-19 ward amid rising Delta variant infections in the Philippines. Questions have been raised concerning overpriced medical gear and equipment p urchased by the Philippine government. Photo: CNS/Eloisa Lopez, Reuters
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Philippine senators question overpriced Covid gear

MANILA (UCAN): Philippine senators have launched an investigation into how and why an ally of…

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