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  • Chilean Miners Taught Everyone Lessons Sbout Life, God

    MANILA, Oct. 15, 2010-The successful rescue of 33 miners trapped under scorching desert in Chile brought important lessons that everyone can learn from, the Archbishop of Manila said.

    Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales said he wished Filipinos would learn from the miners' experience.

    He attributed the rescue's success to three factors which include the power of prayer, the mining company's and government's determination to save the miners, and the third, the miners' resolve to remain united and will to cooperate with one another.

  • Vatican Congress to Examine Church and the Media

    ROME, Oct. 4, 2010 (CNA/EWTN News).- People have come from all over the world to Rome this week to examine the Church's place in the technological age. Opening the deliberations, the head of the Vatican council for communications outlined some of the themes of the congress, which include a look at the identity and mission of Catholic media.

  • Bishop Expects 'credible' IIRC Report

    MANILA, Oct. 7, 2010-Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez hopes for a credible report on the bungled Aug.23 hostage taking incident, as the result of the investigation awaits approval.

    Iñiguez, who chairs the CBCP's Public Affairs Committee, said the report made by the Incident Investigation Review Committee (IIRC) should be released in full and subjected to public scrutiny.

    "The most important thing is that the report should be credible," Iñiguez said.

  • PNoy's First 100 Days Full of 'missed opportunities' for Human Rights

    CAGAYAN DE ORO City, Oct. 7, 2010-President Simeon Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III's first 100 days in Malacañang were characterized by "missed opportunities" especially in promoting human rights, Amnesty International Philippines (AIPh) said.

    "During his first 100 days in office, President Aquino has highlighted serious human-rights issues in the Philippines, but has yet to take concrete action against them," AIPh director Aurora Parong said in an emailed statement.

  • Economist Debunks Claim of Population Explosion in RP

    MANILA, Oct. 6, 2010-Is the Philippine population indeed a ticking time bomb as proponents of RH bill say so? One of the country's economists and academicians thinks otherwise.

    Dr. Bernardo Villegas, PhD, calling himself a long-term student of demography, claimed that the country's population data is a "statistical abracadabra."

  • Cruz Chides Jueteng Legalization Bill

    MANILA, Sept. 30, 2010-Retired Archbishop Oscar Cruz maintained that legalizing jueteng will not stop the multi-million illegal numbers game in the country.

    Cruz, head of the Krusadang Bayan Laban sa Jueteng, pointed out that legitimizing underground lottery would only spawn other forms of gambling in the country.

    "It is in the nature of jueteng to be illegal because that's where the money is. Another game will come out with maybe a different name but similar operators and structure than that of jueteng," said Cruz.

  • Muslims Join Outrage vs Birth Control

    MANILA, Sept. 30, 2010-A group of Muslims has joined the growing chorus of voices opposing any effort by President Benigno Aquino III to promote artificial family planning.

    In what could be a boost to the Catholic Church's campaign against contraceptives, the Imam Council of the Philippines said they are against birth control pills and condoms even among married couples.

    Ibram Moxir, council head, said the Islam community is one with the Catholic hierarchy in opposing the passage of the Reproductive Health bill which seeks to control the country's growing birth rate.

  • CBCP Head Denies Threatening Aquino of Excommunication

    MANILA, Oct.1, 2010-Although "frustrated" with President Aquino's plan to push artificial contraception, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines denied threatening him with excommunication.

    CBCP President and Tandag Bishop Nereo Odchimar underscored that they still believe in the spirit of dialogue as an "initial approach" on the matter "and not confrontation."

    "Threat of excommunication at this point of time can hardly be considered to be in line with dialogue," Odchimar said in a "disclaimer" issued Friday.

  • Hundreds Gather for Quaipo Anti-contraception Rally

    MANILA, Oct. 2, 2010-Hundreds of people trooped to Quiapo Church for a "pro-life" prayer rally that included a Catholic archbishop who urged the government to rethink its position on contraception.

    The rally included students and parents. Many waved graphic signs with pictures of aborted fetuses.

    A group of rallyists, for instance, were holding a streamer bearing a sign of "Kontrasepsyon Bahagi ng Globalisasyon (contraception a part of globalization)."

  • Pangasinan Officials Want to Ban Cruz

    MANILA, Sept. 24, 2010-Politicians have threatened to ban retired Archbishop Oscar Cruz in Pangasinan as they condemned his linking of Governor Amado Espino Jr. to the illegal jueteng.

    In a manifesto published in a national daily newspaper Thursday, Pangasinan's provincial officials criticized Cruz for his "sweeping and unfounded accusations" against Espino.