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Study Shows Annulment Cases in PH Rising (Church National)

MANILA, March 23, 2011―The number of annulment of marriages in the Philippines rose by more than 40% over the past ten years, according to the Office of the Solicitor General. From 2001, the country had 4,520 cases and 8,282 in 2010. This brings a daily average of at least 22 cases filed every day.

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No to Confessions Using High-tech Gadgets, Says Sorsogon Prelate (Church Local)

MANILA, March 12, 2011—Despite the advances in technology which turned the world into a global village, certain practices will have to be made the usual and traditional way.

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Church Marks 25th National Migrants Sunday (Church National)

MANILA, March 5, 2011—As thousands of Overseas Filipino Workers in the Middle East and Northern Africa face uncertainties, the Catholic Church in the Philippines will once again highlight their contributions and the need for collective prayer for their safety and well-being.

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Catholic Bishops Alarmed by Crime Wave (Church National)

MANILA, Jan. 20, 2011—Catholic bishops from Metro Manila and the provinces have expressed alarm over the series of criminal incidents in the country, even as they condemn the seeming inability of government to promote law and order.

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Sorsogon Prelate Calls for Total Mining Ban (Bikol News)

MANILA, Jan. 18, 2011—Echoing the call of some Church officials for a total log ban, Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes, SVD said he also wants a total mining ban implemented to halt the environmental destruction happening in the country.

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Cardinal Vidal Hands Over Staff to Successor (Church National)

CEBU City, Jan. 14, 2011—In his last official act as Archbishop of Cebu, Ricardo Cardinal Vidal installed his successor, 60 year old Archbishop Jose Palma in solemn ceremonies on January 13, as the new shepherd of Cebu’s nearly 4 million Catholic faithful.

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Gov't, CBCP Meet to Discuss RH Dialogue Framework (Church World)

MANILA, Nov. 20, 2010—Government and Church representatives yesterday met to discuss the possible framework in pursuit of a dialogue on the controversial Reproductive Health bill now pending at the country’s legislature.

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Naga Prelate Clears Priest of Molestation Charges (Church Local)

MANILA, Nov. 9, 2010—Caceres Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi has cleared a member of the archdiocesan clergy from charges of molesting a teen-age boy in a local motel.

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Cardinal Vidal Sees 'head-on collision' on RH Bill (Church National)

MANILA, Nov. 7, 2010—Speaking before 500 delegates during the 17th Asia-Pacific Congress on Faith and Family, Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal said the Church’s struggle to preserve and promote the values conducive to nurturing faith, family and life appears to be heading “towards a head-on collision” with those who push for the passage of RH Bill.

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Cardinal Rosales Pays Tribute to Slain Anti-logging Advocate (Church National)

MANILA, Oct. 18, 2010-Manila Archbishop Gaudencio B. Cardinal Rosales paid tribute to one of his parish priests in the Diocese of Malaybalay who was fatally ambushed by men believed to have been hired by illegal loggers 19 years ago.

The 78-year old prelate recalled Fr. Nery Lito Satur as a strong and credible advocate against illegal logging.

Satur then was 29 years old and one of Malaybalay's youngest priests. Media accounts revealed the priest's head was smashed with a rifle butt and later shot pointblank with a shotgun.

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