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MANILA, Nov. 24, 2014—“Thou shalt not steal!” This stirring plea sums up the message of a Church official to parties allegedly responsible for the further impoverishment of the country’s coconut farmers, who after so many years of struggle have yet to reap the benefits of the controversial multibillion-peso Coco Levy Fund.

ZAMBOANGA City, Nov. 23, 2014—The participants of the recently concluded National Assembly of the Harmony Chain Initiative (NAHCI) have taken their advocacy online with the opening of its portal www.harmonylink.info.

MANILA, Nov. 20, 2014— The Vatican urged the Philippines to minimize papal visit expenditures and devote more resources to help victims of recent calamities.

MANILA, Nov. 19, 2014—A Catholic bishop condemned top military and health officials for visiting a group of soldiers under quarantine after serving in Ebola-ravaged Liberia without any protective gear.

MANILA, Nov. 17, 2014—Between four and six million people are expected to attend the Eucharistic celebration to be presided over by Pope Francis at the Quirino Grandstand, Luneta on Jan. 18 next year.

MANILA, Nov. 17, 2014—A Filipino Catholic priest believes the recent win of the Republican Party over much of the United States Congress is a “yes vote” to the pro-life cause in a country where four in ten pregnancies, according to the Guttmacher Institute, end in abortion.

MANILA, Nov. 14, 2014–Pope Francis will celebrate Masses in Latin during his papal visit to the Philippines from January 15 to 19 next year. Pasig Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara, chairman of the CBCP Commission on Social Communications, said that all the responses, however, will be in English. “The Masses will be in Latin but the responses will be in English,” Vergara said during a press conference on Friday.

ANTIPOLO City, Nov. 13, 2014—Jovi Atanacio says it is possible to be a faithful son of the Church and to be gay, sharing how ultimately, the faith shows homosexuals how to “truly love.”