Bishops, businessmen want new Senate president

BISHOPS and businessmen have called on the Philippine Senate to elect a new head to ensure a clear line of succession in an event that a new president will not be elected during the May 10 national elections.

Policemen offer prayer for peaceful polls

WITH their handguns and rifles, policemen in the province of Eastern Samar offered prayers for a peaceful election in May.

School wants massacre suspects prosecuted

A VINCENTIAN theological school in Manila is pushing for the prosecution of suspects in the November 23 massacre in the province of Maguindanao.

Jesuit university condemns ‘propaganda’

A JESUIT university in Manila on Wednesday issued a statement condemning what it described as “repeated attempts to use the Ateneo Psychology Department for black propaganda.”

Catholics donate for seminarian formation in Vietnam

CATHOLICS in Ho Chi Minh City archdiocese, which is facing a shortage of priests, have donated money to cover the expenses of seminarian education.

Koreans slam protest ban on river project

BUDDHIST and Christian environmentalists say they will defy the election commission’s ban on holding protests against a major government river project in the country, saying the restriction violates freedom of expression.

Attack on Protestant property in Jakarta hit

THE head of a Christian forum has denounced Muslims’ attack on Protestant properties in Bogor district, West Java.

Nepal Maoists seek Church help for May Day rally

MAOISTS have asked Catholic Church officials to help accommodate tens of thousands of people from villages and towns they are bringing to the capital for their May Day rally.

Marcos campaign excites stronghold

THIS year’s election is “exciting” for Marcos supporters in Ilocos Norte province where the Church is battling vote-buying.

Low turnout at vocation exhibition

NUNS and priests involved in a week-long vocation promotion exhibition in Metro Manila say the low numbers of visitors is unsurprising as upper-middle class parishes are not traditional sources of vocations for them.

Priest denies psychiatric evaluation on Aquino

JESUIT priest Jaime Bulatao of the Ateneo de Manila University’s Psychology Department denied conducting a psychiatric evaluation on Sen. Benigno Aquino III after a supporter of Aquino’s arch rival Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. released the report during a press conference Tuesday.

Bishops to lead prayers for honest elections

TWO Church officials called on fellow bishops to lead the faithful in a nine-day novena prayer for an honest and peaceful May 10 national elections.

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