Leading rights activists in the Philippines have urged Catholic Church leaders to confront political corruption and human rights abuses as they prepare for dialogue with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

The Catholic Church opposed the renewal of a coal mining contract on Semirara Island, in the central Philippines, citing its ...

Around a thousand Catholics in the Philippines marched in Manila on Saturday to protest President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs and his efforts to reinstate the death penalty. The protests ...

CUTUD, Philippines (Reuters) - Catholic devotees were nailed to crosses in sweltering heat north of the Philippines capital Manila on Good Friday in a re-enactment of Jesus Christ's crucifixion.

With multiple episcopal sees standing vacant and others soon to be without bishops, Asia’s largest Catholic nation faces a potential pastoral leadership crisis as the Church awaits new appointments ...

Edwin Lopez, who for more than two decades has served as EWTN’s regional manager for Asia-Pacific, has been appointed as the new executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A United States-based watchdog on Wednesday launched an online database on more than 80 Roman Catholic priests who have been accused of sexually abusing minors in the ...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines began a period of national mourning for Pope Francis on Wednesday, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ordering flags on all state buildings across the staunchly ...

LATIN has been the official language of the Catholic Church. Papal documents are promulgated in Latin. Church documents, most ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A United ...