Oliver Samson

Across many poor communities in the Philippines, women quietly carry some of the heaviest responsibilities of family and society, raising children amid poverty, protecting their families from abuse, and, in many cases, leaving home to work abroad.

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, Vice president of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC), warned that modern warfare risks becoming dangerously detached from human reality, as missiles and drones continue to fly across the Middle East.

Altogether, Catholics number about 21,000 across Latin, Armenian and Chaldean rites in a country of nearly 87 million people.

On November 29, 1970, the final day of his Philippine visit, Paul VI traveled to Radio Veritas Asia.

Forty years after the 1986 People Power Revolution, EDSA remains both a memory and a question.

Forty years after the 1986 People Power uprising, two Filipino women religious remember EDSA not simply as a political revolt but as a graced spiritual awakening, and ask whether the Church has failed to sustain that prophetic courage.

Marking the 40th anniversary of the 1986 People Power uprising, Bishop Gerardo Alminaza called on Filipinos to move beyond commemorating history and instead practice what he described as “People Responsibility” in confronting present-day injustices.

In 1986, Filipinos reclaimed the right to speak.

Forty years after the 1986 People Power Revolution, Philippine Church leaders say the anniversary is not only about recalling a peaceful uprising but also about shaping how a new generation understands its meaning.

As Chinese-Filipino communities across the country celebrate Chinese New Year today, the occasion offers more than festive gatherings and symbolic traditions.