Philippines News News Philippines » Religion: Corruption crisis in Philippines sparks largest Church-backed protests in years
Philippine bishops have urged Catholics and others to demand accountability and transparency from government authorities for the misuse of public funds.
News Philippines » Religion: In the Philippines, Religion and Nature Collide
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News Philippines » Religion: Claiming the nation: Reflections on the state of religion and politics in the Philippines 2024.04.24
That the Philippines is the only Christian nation in Asia is a claim widely rehearsed in and about Philippine society. It is, for one, often found in media commentaries about Filipinos and their ...
News Philippines » Religion: Bomb blast kills at least 4 worshippers during Catholic Mass in Philippines
A powerful explosion believed caused by a bomb ripped through a Catholic Mass and killed at least four people and wounded dozens of others Sunday in a predominantly Muslim city in the southern ...
News Philippines » Religion: Christianity, culture, and corruption in PH
To understand why corruption remains deeply rooted in the Philippines, one must look beyond politics and laws and examine the moral patterns that shape our daily lives. Ours is a nation of faith yet ...
News Philippines » Religion: When misinformation blinds religion in the Philippines
Learning from past presidential elections, many Filipino politicians have engaged in disinformation campaigns against their opponents and critics to serve their interests. Paid trolls on social media ...
News Philippines » Religion: The Contradictions of Religion and Politics in Southeast Asia
A week or so ago, the Pew Research Center published a survey on “religious nationalism.” It is an unwieldy term, as the researchers admitted, but Pew did its best to simplify it. In the Philippines, ...
News Philippines » Religion: Column: Helping our brothers and sisters in the Philippines
What can American people of faith do in the midst of the kind of global catastrophe that has devastated the eastern coast of the Philippines? Give generously to relief organizations. But you know that ...
News Philippines » Religion: Is there true Christianity in the Philippines?
THE Philippines is a nation full of kind, generous, resilient and long-suffering people who, for centuries, have been misled by and burdened with the corruption and injustice committed by dynastic ...
News Philippines » Religion: Religion: Philippines Milestone
Filipino Protestants gathered in downtown Manila’s gothic United Church last week to celebrate a milestone event: the commissioning of missionaries to foreign lands. The Rev. Jorge R. Quismundo, 29, ...