Fair elections in Mindanao ‘unlikely,’ says priest

A PRIEST in the city of Marawi in the southern Philippines believes holding honest and fair elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is a “tall order.”

‘Fatima’ image in EDSA-1 blessed by Pope

THE simple image of Our Lady of Fatima that helped embolden Filipinos to topple the Marcos dictatorship 25 years ago was once stored in the attic of a parish church in New Jersey in the United States.

Nun uses beads to teach tribal people

A YOUNG nun in the southern Philippines has discovered that teaching literacy to tribal folks needs more than commitment. It needs creativity, too.

Priest decries violations of logging ban

THE parish priest of a remote town in the northern Philippines has condemned what he describes as the rampant cutting of trees in defiance of a national logging ban.

1986 bishops’ power: like the wrath of God

Valentine’s Day 1986 will be written into Philippine history as the day the bishops condemned in their loudest voices a political exercise.

A tale of two bishops

THE “rushing torrent of history” brought together “two very different types of bishops,” Jesuit Father John Carroll, founder and former director of the Institute on Church and Social Issues, recalls in his commentary on the 25th anniversary of people power.

Gaddafi slur infuriates HK rights activists

HONG KONG rights activists slammed Libya dictator Muammar Gaddafi for citing the 1989 Tiananmen incident in Beijing to threaten a crackdown on his people in an attempt to maintain his control.

Obama decision not to defend marriage law slammed

THE Obama administration’s decision not to defend a key federal marriage law raises worrying questions about the religious freedom of Catholics and others who believe in traditional marriage, according to Catholic leaders.

Indian Church offers to tackle farmer suicides

THE Catholic Church in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, has offered its services in tackling farmer suicides in the central Indian state.

‘Mild’ ruling vs church attackers condemned

CHRISTIANS in Bekasi town in West Java, Indonesia slammed the “mild sentences” received by 11 people convicted of attacking a Protestant church that seriously injured a pastor and a woman.

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Vested interests diminish ‘people power’ gains

CHURCH leaders and civil groups in the Philippines say vested interests of those in power and the government’s failure to implement reforms have diminished gains made by the 1986 “people power revolution.”

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