Philippines Success Story: help for refugees and people who have suffered trauma, in Marawi Roughly 80% of the population of the Philippines are Catholic. However, in the southern Mindanao island group there is a relatively large number of Muslims. For years now, Islamist terror groups have been trying to establish an “Islamic State of Mindanao.” […]
The Philippines Extremists try to create confusion and interreligious tension in the Philippines On 27 January 2019, two bombs exploded inside the Jolo cathedral in the Sulu Archipelago, situated between the islands of between Mindanao and Borneo. The attack killed 23 people and injured112 others. On January 30, there was a grenade attack on a […]
The Philippines: The Church in Jolo fighting the “forces of evil” “We will not allow this tragedy to divide and isolate us from the rest of the country.” Jolo, province of Sulu – A small city in a military lockdown, an all-out war in the adjacent municipality against violent extremists, families in mourning after burying […]
AN urgent appeal for prayers for the victims of yesterday’s terrorist attack on a cathedral in the Philippines has been made by the leader of the local Catholic community. Two bombs exploded yesterday (27th January) during Sunday Mass in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Jolo, southern Philippines, killing 20 people and […]
A Success Story in the Philippines A vehicle for pastoral work among the indigenous peoples of the diocese of San Jose For the past seven years, Sister Anita has been working among the indigenous peoples of the diocese of San Jose, supporting them with wise counsel and ministering to their needs. She looks after […]
Philippines: “The reconstruction of the city of Marawi will take years” Reinhard Backes travelled to the Philippine city of Marawi for the Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need. The Christian minority in the city was suppressed for months by Islamists. An interview about relations between Christians and Muslims in the region […]
Violence in the Philippines Cathedral destroyed and interreligious dialogue in peril “The general population is not sympathetic to ISIS elements.” Interview by Jonathan Luciano, ACN Philippines National Director, with Bishop Prelate of Marawi Edwin dela Peña (MSP) about the situation in the Prelature of Marawi in the Southern Philippines, where the terrorist Maute […]
Philippines A church for the parish of St. Anthony The island of Basilan belongs to the Mindanao group of islands in the southern Philippines. Whereas in the Philippines as a whole Catholics form the great majority of the population, here on the island of Basilan Muslims make up around two thirds of the population. […]
Philippines Mass stipends for 25 priests in the diocese of Malolos Worldwide, there are over 400,000 priests who have the power to utter the words of Consecration in Holy Mass whereby the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ – the most precious gift on earth. And yet so many of them […]
PROJECT OF THE WEEK Philippines Training of lay pastoral workers in the marriage and family apostolate Zamboanga is the capital of the peninsula region and archdiocese bearing the same name and is found on the island of Mindanao. The archdiocese serves a population of some 620,000 Catholics. In the past, they established a training program […]
