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[OPINION] Why did priests and religious vote for Duterte?
'My classmate who told me that he voted for Duterte after a process of discernment was most likely influenced by regionalism rather than the Holy Spirit'

Israel orders evangelical GOD TV off air
Israel's media watchdog accuses the network of seeking to target Jews with Christian content

[OPINION] When religion blames the victim
'In congregations around the Philippines, women are enjoined to be submissive to their husbands. The Filipino translation is more forceful: magpasakop sa asawa.'

[OPINION] Activism as a call from Christianity
'Calling our aid charity posits a hierarchy between you and the ones you choose to help'

[PODCAST] I've Got An Opinion: I can be transgender and Catholic at the same time
We speak with Mela Habijan, who is both a trans woman and a Catholic. How does she reconcile the two?

Trump angers American religious leaders with Bible photo op
'It was traumatic and deeply offensive, in the sense that something sacred was being misused for a political gesture,' Washington's Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde says

[OPINION] Christians can do more than protest
'It is easy for anyone to call on protest if he has the social safety nets when social unrest arises. But what about the poor?'

[OPINION] Laudato Si', 5 years later
Laudato Si' has become one of the most influential social encyclicals that has been released by a pope

Basagan ng Trip with Leloy Claudio: Why Christians should protest
This discussion may shake your faith or make it stronger. Historian Leloy Claudio questions the tenets of some religions with Jayeel Cornelio and Rico Villanueva.

[OPINION] Remembering Pope John Paul II: A centenary homage
'There was in Pope John Paul II a natural ability to recognize the person behind the veneer of social status, physical ailment, religious membership, ethnicity, or economic class and see her as someone worthy of respect'

[OPINION] Should Christians protest?
'Some Christians today say that Jesus had nothing to do with politics. He criticized religious leaders but not the political ones, they reason. But this is a distorted reading of the Bible.'

Would you still love me Mom, if you knew I'm not religious?
A young woman talks about how she left her faith and hopes her mother would still accept her despite that

WHO on Zika outbreak, 51st IEC, SAG awards 2016 | 12PM wRap
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Mabuhay, Pope Francis!
Millions of Filipinos plan to endure crushing crowds security threats and stormy weather to get close to the Pope

Pope washes feet of disabled, including elderly Muslim
We must be servants of each other Pope Francis says

'No God, no EDSA,' says Sin protegé
Lingayen Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas says the Philippines cannot move on if it ignores God
Full text: CBCP on the 'economy of exclusion'
Full text of the pastoral exhortation of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines after its bi annual plenary assembly
Filipino bishops slam 'economy of exclusion'
If in the pursuit of private interest money has taken over life and is able in importance to push God into a corner money has become an idol the CBCP says