Meeting Filipino bishop and Muslim leader signals stronger interfaith relations
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Meeting Filipino bishop and Muslim leader signals stronger interfaith relations

Puerto Princesa (RVA News): Bishop Socrates Mesiona, the apostolic vicar of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, the…

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Filipinos trafficked to work in Myanmar’s scam centres
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Filipinos trafficked to work in Myanmar’s scam centres

By Father Shay Cullen It was a tough and hard experience for 10 Filipino victims…

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Religious leaders call for peace in troubled Philippine region
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Religious leaders call for peace in troubled Philippine region

MANILA (UCAN): Religious leaders in Mindanao, the Philippines, the country’s Muslim majority region, called for…

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Caritas Philippines slams loan grant to mining firm
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Caritas Philippines slams loan grant to mining firm

MANILA (UCAN): Caritas Philippines accused the country’s government of betraying the people after a state…

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Calls for vigilance on Palawan’s 50-year mining moratorium
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Calls for vigilance on Palawan’s 50-year mining moratorium

MANILA (SE): Bishop Socrates Mesiona from Puerto Princesa, Palawan, in the Philippines encouraged the public…

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Church and activists in Philippines oppose inshore commercial fishing 
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Church and activists in Philippines oppose inshore commercial fishing 

MANILA (UCAN): Church and advocacy groups in the Philippines urged the nation’s Supreme Court to…

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Young Filipinos reminded of 1986 People Power Revolution
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Young Filipinos reminded of 1986 People Power Revolution

MANILA (UCAN): Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan, the Philippines, urged the nation’s young people to…

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