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MANILA, Oct. 26, 2014— A Catholic bishop has warned the public against “polluting the minds” of the youth by sharing pornographic images and videos over social media. “We also appeal to people who pass on these kinds of materials to stop from doing so. These pollute the minds of people especially our young people that lead to the trivializing of their sexuality which come from God,” Bishop Gilbert Garcera of Daet in Camarines Norte said.

MANILA, Oct. 24, 2014— Following Pope Francis’ call for an end to life imprisonment, the prison ministry of the Philippine bishops agree that life term imprisonments should be replaced by prison sentences with indefinite terms.

MANILA, Oct. 19, 2014—The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)’s Episcopal Commission on Health Care (ECHC) expresses assurance it is one with the Philippine government in educating the public on the nature of Ebola virus, especially on how it can be prevented. In a recent interview over Church-run Radyo Veritas, CBCP-ECHC executive secretary Fr. Dan Cancino said the commission is conducting information dissemination campaigns in different parishes and schools all over the Philippines...

MANILA, September 12, 2014—The Catholic Church’s social service arm Caritas Manila spearheads the construction of 25 new multipurpose chapels in parts of Samar and Leyte where typhoon Yolanda unleashed her ferocity, killing thousands of people and wrecking whole towns and villages.

MANILA, August 29, 2014–Bishop Leopoldo S. Tumulak of the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines revealed that a Filipino chaplain is accompanying the Philippine military contingent in Syria, which is currently in a stand-off with rebels.

In a message to CBCP News, the 69-year old prelate said the Filipino chaplain is part of the country’s contingent, under the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force.

Tumulak called on Filipinos to pray for the safety of some 75 troopers caught in a stand-off with Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights.

Former Caceres Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi, one of the Dominican prelates, passed away this morning, the Feast of St. Dominic, after a long battle with cancer.

“Nanding” as referred to by his classmate Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Emeritus Oscar V. Cruz, died at the UST Hospital at 5:00 A.M. today at the age of 78.

In 2016, higher education institutions (HEIs), our colleges and universities, will have no freshmen. In that year, the students who complete four years of high school move on to senior high school, following any of the tracks presently open to them, only one of which leads to university or college-level education. The debate on whether we should adopt the K to 12 scheme is behind us. We have accepted it, but we must now cope with the challenges that it has engendered.

MANILA, June 8, 2014 – Experts from the National Historical Institute (NHI) claim they have settled the issue over Limasawa being the site of the first mass — something which has not remained unchallenged.

PARAÑAQUE City, June 2, 2014—True to its mission of “making Her known”, the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help (Baclaran Church), led by its Redemptorist Multimedia Committee, recently had the YouTube premiere of its new “Shrine ID” which presented the shrine for what it is: “a church of compassion, a shrine of solace, a sanctuary for all”...

MANILA, June 4, 2014 — Pope Francis just appointed seminary rector Fr. Daniel Patrick Y. Parcon as Bishop of Talibon.

He succeeds Bishop Christian Vicente F. Noel, who has resigned after reaching the age limit of 75. Bishop Noel was appointed Bishop of Talibon in September 6, 1986.