GENERAL SANTOS City Caritas Philippines, the social action and advocacy arm of the Catholic Church, is leading a movement that seeks to help ensure good
Caritas Philippines is leading a movement called "Simbayanihan" to help ensure good governance.
Bp. Jose Colin Bagaforo (Photo CBCP) Caritas Philippines head Kidapawan Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo said the movement would advocate active participation and engagement of people in local governance pr
Singapore-born nun left everything for the Lord
Sister Valerie Tseng Yeok Ying had a long, illustrious religious life spanning the globe
Sister Valerie Tseng Yeok Ying with students in Malaysia. (Photo: Viala Tropica)
Tributes have been pouring in for Sister Valerie Tseng Yeok Ying, a Singapore-born nun from the Infant Jesus Sisters who spent most of her life in community animation, education, social work and Biblical apostolate in Malaysia.
Sister Valerie died on April 12 at the age of 96.
The Church in Malaysia led by Archbishop Julian Leow of Kuala Lumpur joined her family members including her brother, Jesuit priest Father Gerald Tseng, relatives, friends and the Infant Jesus community to mourn her demise.
Philippine Catholic church launches nat l program for environmental care
Published March 4, 2021 9:56am
Launching photo handout from NASSA/Caritas Philippines The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines announced Thursday the launching on Wednesday of the Church s environmental consciousness program inspired by Pope Francis encyclical on the care of creation Laudato Si. In a release sent to media, CBCP Inter-Commission Working Group (ICWG) on Laudato Si said that the program aims to strengthen the collective advocacies and actions to “care of our common home.” ICWG s release quoted Caritas Internationalis president Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as saying, “The Laudato Si encyclical is not just a ‘green rhetoric,’ it is a document that requires us to do ecological conversion, conversion to ecological justice, and action.”