Fr. Martin Tobin, C.Ss.R., was found dead in his room at the Redemptorist House in Cebu City on September 6, 2025. He was 81 years old. His funeral Mass was held on September 12 at the Perpetual Help Parish Church in Tacloban City.
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, appealed for the release of Fathers Ivan Levytskyi and Bohdan Heleta, who were detained from their parish in Berdyansk in November.