Bishop Leopoldo Corpuz Jaucian, S.V.D., of the Diocese of Bangued in the province of Abra, northern Philippines, has issued a strong pastoral statement condemning the threat of large-scale mining in Licuan-Baay.
After long years of service with the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), Brother Valentin Gruener passed away on September 14 at a hospital in Abra, a province more than 400 kilometers south of Manila.
