Saturday, May 18, 2013
Saturday, May 18, 2013
MANILA, May 15, 2013–The 2013 local and national elections saw some of the most aggressive involvement by lay Catholics in the political process in years. But did Catholics make any difference in the electoral outcome in choosing candidates who espouse the Church’s teaching, particularly on the right to life and the sanctity of marriage? The [...]
MANILA, May 14, 2013— Despite glitches of yesterday conduct of the automated polls, the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) said the country’s next elections should stay fully automated. PPCRV chairperson Henrietta de Villa said that going back to manual election is not practical since the automated system has proven to faster in terms [...]
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MANILA, May 13, 2013—Catholic bishops around the country said today’s mid-term elections had a heavy turnout which resulted into long queues at public school buildings serving as polling centers, but reports of machines’ malfunction, vote-buying activities and other election anomalies marred the political exercise. Batanes Bishop Camilo Gregorio said election today in the Philippines’ northernmost [...]
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MANILA, May 11, 2013—Barely two days to casting their votes in mid-term polls, a Church-based election movement urged voters to use the model of HOPE (Honest, Orderly, Peaceful Elections) in electing their leaders on May 13. The White Vote Movement said HOPE should be the guiding principle of the Filipino voters as they write their [...]
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MANILA, May 10, 2013— The country’s lone cardinal on active service said the government’s economic programs should not end up hurting the poor. Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle said the government should put supremacy on common good over its supposed economic programs. “Real progress is the one that promotes the dignity, integrity of [...]
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MANILA, May 7, 2013— The country’s top churchman called on the public to ‘save’ the upcoming local and national elections, which he said had been marred by controversies in the past. Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle said people should help each other “to save our country” against efforts to kill clean elections on May [...]
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MANILA, May 2, 2013— The country’s top churchman called on the international community to do more to help solve labor issues particularly in the Philippines. In his message to mark this year’s Labor Day, Luis Antionio Cardinal Tagle of Manila stressed the need for outside intervention in addressing worker rights and labor reforms. “Now, because [...]
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MANILA, April 30, 2013— Alarmed over the lack of security features of the automated elections, a Catholic bishop has suggested a manual count of all votes cast for senator, congressman, governor and other local positions. Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo said that conducting a manual count is the only way that the result of the [...]
Continue reading …MANILA, April 29, 2013— The government should increase minimum wages to help narrow the gap between the rich and the poor, a Catholic bishop said. Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo said the country’s growing economy is useless if the ordinary Filipinos do not feel it. The head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines’ [...]
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MANILA, April 27, 2013— With only a few weeks left before the country’s midterm elections, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle reminded the faithful to be active and honest evangelizers of the Gospel and make governance and the exercise of democracy in the country bear the message of Christ. In his talk at the Katolikong [...]
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