Asian News Philippines: Diocese Issues Urgent Call against Large-Scale Mining 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.
Church in Asia Filipino woman to receive papal award for her service to church Pura Sumangil, a Filipino Catholic woman, will receive a papal recognition for her outstanding contribution to the church.