Notre-Dame

Pope Leo XIV called on France to defend human dignity, promote peace and protect the common good as he began his four-day apostolic journey to the country on September 25.

In the lead-up to the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si', Bishop Gerry Alminaza of the Diocese of San Carlos co-celebrated Mass at the historic Notre-Dame de Paris alongside Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort of Reims, appealing for support from the French community in urging French banks to cease financing fossil fuel projects threatening the Verde Island Passage (VIP) in the Philippines—hailed as the “Amazon of the Oceans.”