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Pope arrives in oil-rich Angola condemning ‘logic of extractivism’

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Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David (right) joins the Trillion Peso March against corruption in Quezon City, Philippines, September 21, 2025. (Credit: Diocese of Kalookan.)

Filipino cardinal rejects death penalty to ‘kill’ corrupt politicians

Sep 26, 2025
Joseph San Mateo

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David joins the celebration of the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, in these photos shared by the Diocese of Kalookan on July 27, 2025. (Credit: Roman Catholic Bishop of Kalookan/Facebook.)

Cardinal David questions Philippines’ gambling law after young man’s death

Aug 8, 2025
Joseph San Mateo

Holy Family Parish-Roxas District serves as a temporary shelter for victims of flooding, as shown in this photo posted by the Diocese of Cubao, July 22, 2025. (Credit: Roman Catholic Diocese of Cubao.)

Cardinal David blames corruption for widespread flooding in Philippines

Jul 25, 2025
Joseph San Mateo

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, speaks at the Serviam Servant Leadership Conference in the Philippines, July 12, 2025. (Credit: Serviam Catholic Community Foundation Incorporated.)

Filipino cardinals Tagle, David criticize discrimination against migrants

Jul 19, 2025
Joseph San Mateo

Filipino bishops enter the Saint Michael the Archangel Parish in Jagna, Bohol, in the central Philippines, for a Mass on the first day of their 130th plenary assembly, July 5, 2025. (Credit: CBCP News.)

Ban online gambling, Filipino bishops ask Marcos government

Jul 11, 2025
Joseph San Mateo

Filipino senators take oath as jurors in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte at the Philippine Senate in Pasey city, Philippines on June 10, 2025. (Credit: Voltaire Fernandez Domingo/Senate Social Media Unit via AP.)

Filipino bishops hit Senate for delaying VP Duterte’s impeachment trial

Jun 12, 2025
Joseph San Mateo

Filipino Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David (3rd from left) meets with Elder Patrick Kearon (4th) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Diocese of Kalookan on May 21, 2025. (Credit: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Philippines/Facebook.)

Filipino Cardinal David meets senior Latter-day Saints leader after Rome trip

May 23, 2025
Joseph San Mateo

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle speaks at a post-conclave press conference along with two other Filipino cardinal electors at the Pontificio Collegio Filippino in Rome, May 9, 2025. (Credit: Roy Lagarde/CBCP News.)

Cardinal Tagle says ‘no turning back’ from Francis’s pro-poor programs under Leo XIV

May 12, 2025
Joseph San Mateo

A Catholic priest performs a ritual as part of lenten practice to mark Holy Wednesday in Paete, Laguna province, Philippines, April 16, 2025. (Credit: Aaron Favila/AP.)

‘There are no candidates in a conclave,’ says Filipino Cardinal David

Apr 24, 2025
Joseph San Mateo

Father Flavie Villanueva blesses palm fronds held by Manila's homeless and relatives of Duterte drug war victims, at the Catholic Trade Building on Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Credit: Roy Lagarde/CBCP News.)

Manila’s homeless, kin of Duterte drug war victims celebrate Palm Sunday

Apr 16, 2025
Joseph San Mateo

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Pope arrives in oil-rich Angola condemning ‘logic of extractivism’

Apr 18
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Pope Leo chastises journos spinning Africa trip as rebuke of Trump

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Pope in Angola will face contrast of boom in faith, poverty, corruption

Apr 18
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Pope Leo XIV’s visit to an African church linked to slavery reflects on his own complex heritage

Apr 18
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