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MANILA, May 23, 2014— Monsignor Francisco Tantoco, Jr., former Caritas Manila executive director, died on Friday after around a decade bout with Parkinson’s disease. He was 75.

Tantoco was rushed to San Juan De Dios Hospital inPasay City at 9pm yesterday after his condition exacerbated. He passed away at 6:45am today.

ILOILO CITY, May 5, 2014 – The ‘Year of the Laity’ sees the formal launching of a prayer for a cause for the canonization of an Ilonggo layman in the University of San Agustin Auditorium in Iloilo City on April 30.

Workers start the repair the typhoon-damaged Sto. Niño Parish Church in Tacloban City, one of the biggest under the Archdiocese of Palo, 24 April 2014.  The Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation based in Taiwan has offered P30 million for the rebuilding  of the damaged church.

MANILA, May 7, 2014 — A Catholic bishop has joined the growing calls for Justice Secretary Leila De Lima to release the list of lawmakers allegedly involved in the P10-billion pork barrel scam.

Batanes Bishop Camilo Gregorio said that the DOJ chief should divulge the contents of Janet Lim Napoles’ affidavit for the sake of transparency and accountability.

I encourage our Catholic faithful to maintain respect and esteem for the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has decided on the RH issue based on existing laws in the Philippines.

The Church must continue to uphold the sacredness of human life, to teach always the dignity of the human person and to safeguard the life of every human person from conception to natural death.

MANLA, April 8, 2014 — Despite RH proponents’ outright claiming of victory, the much-contested RH law lost much of its sting with the Supreme Court declaring several key items in the said law unconstitutional, says the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines.

BAGUIO CITY, April 7, 2014 – With the upcoming final deliberation of the Supreme Court (SC) on the Reproductive Health (RH) Law set on April 8, Baguio Bishop Carlito Cenzon D.D. rallied the faithful to a prayer vigil and fasting from today until April 8 in hopes that the controversial law will be declared unconstitutional.

BAGUIO City, April 7, 2014— Whatever the Supreme Court rules on the controversial birth control law, the Catholic Church will not give up its teachings on family and life.

“With or without the SC’s decision, it is the duty of the Church to be teaching life. Our duty does not depend on civil laws, our duties come from God,” said Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines president Archbishop Socrates Villegas.

Like all peace loving Filipinos, we rejoice with our countrymen as we mark a milestone in the peace process with the signing of the peace agreement between the Philippine Government and the MILF. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. We pray that this first courageous breakthrough will be followed by more steps leading to true and lasting peace in Mindanao.

MANILA, March 27, 2014 — The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Thursday lauded the signing of the peace agreement between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).