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MANILA, July 23, 2015— An alliance of church people and environmentalists urged President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday to establish a vast conservation area in the “center of the center” of the world’s marine biodiversity in Lobo, Batangas.

PALO, Leyte, July 21, 2015 -– Reiterating the Catholic stand on same sex attraction, Fr. Chris Arthur Militante, spokesman of the Archdiocese of Palo, stressed that while the local church denounces homosexual acts, people who identify themselves as gay are very much welcome in the Church.

MANILA, July 21, 2015— It is time the country started translating words on combating climate change into action, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines said. CBCP president Archbishop Socrates Villegas, in a statement on Monday, said this include actions by everyone: citizens, governments, and international organizations.

MANILA, May 27, 2015— The Philippines must not rush headlong into allowing “same-sex marriage” just because other countries have allowed it, Catholic bishops said.

MANILA, May 22, 2015— The head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has called for concrete action from parishes and the laypeople to fight “modern-day slavery”.

DAGUPAN, April 25, 2015—The head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Monday clarified its position on dysfunctional families’ influence on the values formation of young people, noting that having strong family values lowers risks of contracting sexually transmitted diseases.

BORONGAN City, E. Samar, April 24, 2015—The shepherd of one of the dioceses most affected by calamities like “Yolanda” and “Ruby,” has expressed dismay over what he calls the “unhappy realities” the rehabilitation efforts in the area unintentionally and ironically helps foster: the “culture of dependence” among survivors, with many of them reportedly drinking and gambling instead of working for their needs.

QUEZON City, April 15, 2015—An official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has linked the booming cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) – Acquired Immune-deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in the country with the “less than ideal” domestic setup prevailing in many Filipino homes today, lamenting many “persons living with HIV-AIDs” hail from “broken families.”

MANILA, April 14, 2015—“I have an appeal to make to our fellow Filipinos who are planning to work abroad: Do not just accept parcels or bags from people, especially [from] those you do not know.”

MANILA, Dec. 7, 2014— A man died in the middle of an evacuation yesterday as typhoon Ruby was heading for Eastern Samar, following a suspected heart attack brought on by panic.