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Philippines and the Church: Blackball politics

By James Cordova Mon, Jul 18, 2011 11:26AM UTC View Comments

I find it appalling that the Aquino administration has decided to play dirty with the Roman Catholic Church. Recently, the Philippines has been thrown into a fit after revelations in a Senate hearing disclosed that several bishops had availed themselves of SUVs from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), the government agency that runs the...

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Philippines: Citizens checkmate bishops and their Queen

By Tonyo Cruz Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:33PM UTC View Comments

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo with the bishops during "better times". Photo from Midfield.

Is this a case of bishops siphoning money that’s supposed to benefit the members of the Church of the Poor? Ranking members of the influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) who defended the embattled Arroyo regime amid a string of scandals have been exposed for what they are: A party to the worst...

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Philippines issues stamps honoring Blessed John Paul II

By Tonyo Cruz Tue, May 31, 2011 4:34PM UTC View Comments

Predominantly-Roman Catholic Philippines started to issue this week special postal stamps honoring Pope John Paul II who was beatified May 1, 2011 in Vatican City. The Philippine Postal Corp. said 140,000 pieces of the P7.00 special stamp started to go on sale May 30 in post offices across the country. The company also issued is...

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Philippines: Catholic Church lies about reproductive-health bill

By James Cordova Mon, Apr 25, 2011 10:16AM UTC View Comments

My mother will kill me for declaring this but I’ve been an atheist for much of my adult life. I don’t believe in God. I don’t believe that religion serves me any purpose. If anything, I believe that religion is a curse to mankind. Every major war and every major upheaval in history was caused...

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