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From left, Al Fuertes, Carlos Conde, Raquel Barros del Rosario-Fortun, Cardinal Pablo Ambo David, Raul Pangalangan and Fr. Daniel Franklin E. Pilario, light candles at a news conference to launch a fact-finding body to document details of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drugs crackdown that can be used by the government to prosecute law enforcers in Manila, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (Credit: Joeal Calupitan/AP.)

Philippine bishop and ex-ICC judge lead new inquiry into thousands of Duterte-era killings

May 27
Jim Gomez,
Joeal Calupitan, Associated Press

Mindanao State University stadium in Marawi City, Lanao Del Sur, Philippines. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Philippine troops kill 10 suspected Muslim militants in deadliest clash so far this year

Apr 17
Jim Gomez,
Associated Press

A police vehicle in Davao City, the Philippines, on Dec. 17, 2025. (Credit: Manman Dejeto/AP.)

What to know about a Philippines region with militant history visited by Bondi Beach suspects

Dec 18, 2025
Jim Gomez,
Associated Press

Protestors walk in Manila, Philippines on Nov. 30, 2025. (Credit: Aaron Favila/AP.)

Thousands of demonstrators including Catholic clergy protest in the Philippines

Nov 30, 2025
Jim Gomez,
Associated Press

Filipino and U.S. soldiers participate during a joint military drill called Salaknib at Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines on March 31, 2023. (Credit: Aaron Favila/AP.)

Rebels halt decommissioning of forces after accusing Philippines of reneging on peace deal

Aug 1, 2025
Jim Gomez,
Associated Press

A Filipino trooper guards the entrance of the site where a bomb exploded in Marawi, southern Philippines on Sunday Dec. 3, 2023. A powerful explosion believed caused by a bomb ripped through a Catholic Mass and killed several people and wounded dozens of others Sunday in a predominantly Muslim city in the southern Philippines, officials said. (Credit: Froilan Gallardo/AP.)

Philippine president blames foreign militants for a bombing that killed 4 Christian worshippers

Dec 3, 2023
Jim Gomez

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (Credit: Audrey McAvoy/AP.)

Philippine troops kill 11 Islamic militants in one of bloodiest anti-insurgency offensives this year

Dec 2, 2023
Jim Gomez

7 killed as Philippine troops clash with Muslim rebels

Nov 10, 2022
Jim Gomez

Drug killings leave agony, savage facet to Duterte’s legacy

Jun 29, 2022
Jim Gomez

Prime Minister Andy Burnham leaves 10 Downing Street in London, England, on Sept. 1, 2026. (Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP.)

Premium article: Last vestige of anti-Catholic laws in Britain ending not a sign of Church revival

Sep 13
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims and tourists at the Angelus on Sunday, 13 Sept. 2026 in the Vatican. (Image ©Vatican Media)

Pope commemorates 9/11 attacks with prayers for peace and for those who died

Sep 13
Nicole Winfield

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Pope Leo XIV with religious and traditional leaders in St. Joseph's Cathedral, Bamenda, Cameroon, on 16 April 2026. (Image ©Vatican Media)

Premium article: Heeding pope’s call, religious & traditional leaders map path to reconciliation in Cameroon

Sep 13
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Prime Minister Andy Burnham leaves 10 Downing Street in London, England, on Sept. 1, 2026. (Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP.)

Premium article: Last vestige of anti-Catholic laws in Britain ending not a sign of Church revival

Sep 13
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims and tourists at the Angelus on Sunday, 13 Sept. 2026 in the Vatican. (Image ©Vatican Media)

Pope commemorates 9/11 attacks with prayers for peace and for those who died

Sep 13
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV with religious and traditional leaders in St. Joseph's Cathedral, Bamenda, Cameroon, on 16 April 2026. (Image ©Vatican Media)

Premium article: Heeding pope’s call, religious & traditional leaders map path to reconciliation in Cameroon

Sep 13
Ngala Killian Chimtom

A CRS aid worker delivers emergency assistance in Nepal. CRS is working with local partners and the US State Dept. (Image courtesy of US Embassy to Nepal)

Premium article: Caritas Nepal receives support from CRS, US govt. to care for displaced in wake of disaster

Sep 13
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