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January 15, 2019

Philippine president open to talks, despite comments against bishops, spokesman says

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his State of the Nation address July 23 at the House of Representatives in Manila.
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is open to talking with church leaders, his spokesman said after the president called on people to kill and rob bishops.
Published in International
January 4, 2019

Filipino bishop tells Catholics to ignore President Duterte's anti-church jabs

Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte is seen Dec. 15, 2018, in Balangiga, Philippines. In a New Year message, Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines called on people to ignore Duterte's repeated rants against the Catholic Church.
MANILA, Philippines – A former head of the Philippines' Catholic bishop's conference, has called on people to ignore President Rodrigo Duterte's repeated rants against the church.
Published in International
November 27, 2018

President Duterte tells Filipinos to quit Catholic faith, stop paying Church 'idiots'

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his State of the Nation address July 23 at the House of Representatives in Manila.
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte renewed his attacks on Catholic leaders and urged Filipinos to stop going to church altogether.
Published in International
July 10, 2018

Duterte says he'll curb tirades, then tells bishops not to criticize him

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, right, greets Archbishop Romulo Valles of Davao, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, before a meeting inside the presidential palace in Manila.

MANILA, Philippines -- Outspoken Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is to curb his tirades against the Catholic Church after agreeing to a moratorium on statements deriding priests and bishops.

Published in International
July 10, 2018

Philippine bishops announce days of prayer, fasting, penance for peace

People walk past makeshift homes in early May at a shantytown outside Manila, Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines -- Catholic bishops in the Philippines, concerned about an increase in violence and police reaction to crime, announced a day of prayer and penance July 16 and three days of fasting, prayer and penance, July 17-19.

Published in International
June 27, 2018

Duterte seeks collaboration with Philippine bishops after calling God 'stupid'

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is seen in Seoul, South Korea, June 5. During a technology summit in the southern city of Davao, Philippines, June 22, he questioned how Adam and Eve brought about "original sin."
MANILA, Philippines – After calling God “stupid,” Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday that he will seek to have a dialogue with the country’s bishops’ conference in an effort to repair relationships.
Published in International
December 28, 2017

Duterte and Church set for showdown, Filipino journalist warns

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is seen with the military in Carmen, Philippines, June 6. Duterte imposed martial law to combat gunmen claiming to have links with the Islamic State.
An award-winning Philippines journalist fears his country’s Catholic Church is on a collision course with iron-fisted President Rodrigo Duterte.
Published in International
December 13, 2017

Philippine Congress extends martial law in southern Philippines

Philippine police keep watch as protesters hold signs against martial law extension in Mindanao Dec. 13. Congress approved a request by President Rodrigo Duterte to extend martial law across the region until Dec. 31, 2018.
MANILA, Philippines – Martial law in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao, originally aimed at quelling a terrorist attack in Marawi in May, has been extended for another year.
Published in International
December 7, 2017

Priest latest victim of Philippines violence against poor workers, farmers

On the day he was killed, Paez had facilitated the release of an organizer of a farmers’ group arrested by the army in March. Torches and the golden sickle are said to symbolize the productive force of the Philippine society, according to the protesting group.
MANILA, Philippines – A day after police killed a Christian pastor they tagged as a member of the communist New People’s Army, gunmen killed a 72-year-old Catholic priest on the main Philippine island of Luzon.
Published in International
November 7, 2017

Philippine bishops begin prayer vigil to protest deaths in war on drugs

Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines, addresses the crowd during the "Lord, Heal Our Land" Mass Nov. 5 at the Shrine of Mary Queen of Peace in Manila.
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine bishops' conference started a prayer vigil to protest thousands of killings in the government drive to eradicate drug abuse and drug dealing.
Published in International
May 25, 2017

Gunmen take Catholic hostages; Philippines' Duterte imposes martial law

Philippine government troops stand guard May 24 at a checkpoint along a main highway in Lanao del Norte province. Residents started to evacuate the town of Marawi after President Rodrigo Duterte imposed martial law across the entire Muslim-majority region of Mindanao.

MANILA, Philippines – Gunmen claiming to have links with the Islamic State group threatened to kill hostages, including a Catholic priest, who were taken from the southern Philippine city of Marawi May 23.

Published in International
May 12, 2016

Philippine priest says Duterte's win is reminder 'people want change'

Philippine presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte attends an April 27 news conference in Manila. Duterte was elected president May 9.

MANILA, Philippines – Philippines President-elect Rodrigo Duterte's win in May 9 national elections was "a strong reminder that people want change," said Fr. Anton Pascual, president of Radio Veritas, the country's largest Catholic radio network.

Published in International