Bishop hails release of alleged mutineer

BISHOP Antonio Tobias of Novaliches said the release on Wednesday of Marine Colonel Ariel Querubin, an alleged leader of a mutiny against Gloria Arroyo’s administration, is “long overdue.”

Bill penalizes religious, racial profiling

THE government must promote a society that values the dignity of every human person and guarantees full respect for human rights, regardless of race, religion and ethnicity.

Bishop: Health insurance for all Filipinos possible

MANILA Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo believes the promise of PhilHealth coverage for all Filipinos by President Benigno Aquino III during his State of the Nation Address is doable.

Priest found dead in seminary

A CATHOLIC priest was found dead Wednesday morning in his room at the Holy Rosary Minor Seminary in Camarines Sur, police said.

Cardinal urges Filipinos to help Aquino

CEBU Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal urged the public to help President Benigno Aquino III run a clean and effective government, saying his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) offers resurgent new hope for Filipinos.

Filipinos join pilgrimage in Germany

MORE than 300 Filipinos, mostly from Germany, Austria and Switzerland made a pilgrimage to Altötting, Bavaria, Germany to venerate the Black Madonna of Altötting last week.

Indonesian church attacks on the rise

A JAKARTA institute has found that the number of incidents of religious intolerance, including attacks on churches and Christians, has risen dramatically in Indonesia over the last two years.

Malaysian High Court to hear conversion case

A MALAYSIAN Hindu woman, whose three children were converted to Islam by their father without her knowledge, was today allowed a full trial to quash the conversion in a civil court.

Vatican bars people in skimpy clothes

TOURISTS and Romans clad in scanty summer clothing were being told to cover up before entering the Vatican City on Tuesday.

Sainthood cause of ‘snowshoe priest’ heads to Vatican

FOLLOWING a four-month investigation, the Diocese of Marquette in Michigan has closed its inquiry into an alleged miracle attributed to its first bishop, Servant of God Frederic Baraga, who is known as the “snowshoe priest.”

Nun seeks protection for witnesses

THE head of the Association of Major Religious Superiors of Women in the Philippines (AMRSWP) praised the attention Secretary of Justice Leila de Lima gave her and a whistleblower at their meeting on Tuesday.

Priest: Sinnott kidnapping not cause of mission closure

THE 2009 kidnapping of Irish Columban Father Michael Sinnott was not the cause of a decision by the missioners to pull out of a southern Philippines diocese.

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