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Pope meets Thai Buddhist patriarch on visit promoting religious peace

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 21 03:30 PM

Pope Francis met with Thailand's supreme Buddhist patriarch on Thursday in a gilded Bangkok temple on the first full day of his Asia tour aimed at promoting religious harmony. Read more »

Pope Francis begins visit to Thailand as faithful jostle for selfies

Jiraporn Kuhakan, Reuters
Posted at Nov 20 02:48 PM

Waiting for a glimpse of the pontiff, excited Catholics thronged around the Vatican's Bangkok embassy and St. Louis Hospital to take selfies. Read more »

Small in numbers, Thai Catholics preserve centuries-old traditions

Panu Wongcha-um, Reuters
Posted at Nov 19 08:01 PM

In overwhelmingly Buddhist Thailand, Catholics number just a little more than 380,000 in a country of more than 65 million. Read more »

Lapu-Lapu City gears up for feast of miraculous image Our Lady of Rule

Annie Fe Perez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 12 09:14 PM

The miraculous image was taken out of national shrine Nuestra Señora Virgen Dela Regla Parish for a fluvial procession around here in the city. Read more »

Trump calls for 'war' on cartels as Mormons murdered in Mexico

Joshua Howat Berger, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 06 06:54 AM

President Donald Trump offered Tuesday to help Mexico hunt the killers of nine Mormon women and children shot dead in a lawless border area -- and said the US stood ready to back its southern neighbor in a "war" on the drugs cartels.   Read more »

Russia jails Jehovah's Witness member for 6 years amid crackdown on religious group

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 05 06:59 PM

Russia outlawed the Jehovah's Witnesses in 2017, calling them an extremist organization. Read more »

'Pasalamat kayo': Quiboloy says he stopped Mindanao quake

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 01 12:47 PM

One of the 3 deadly quakes that jolted parts of Mindanao in October stopped because Pastor Apollo Quiboloy told it to end, the Kingdom of Jesus Christ chief said, asking people to thank him for doing them a favor. Read more »

Saudi says Baghdadi 'distorted' image of Islam

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 28 10:10 PM

Saudi Arabia said Monday that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had distorted the image of Islam, and hailed his killing by US special forces in northwestern Syria. Read more »

Devotees gather at Luneta for Jesus Is Lord’s 41st anniversary

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 27 12:09 AM

The celebration, which started at about 5 p.m, was led by JIL founder and congressman Bro. Eddie Villanueva, and his son, Sen. Joel Villanueva. Read more »

Pope Francis apologizes after Amazon statues thrown in river

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 26 02:50 AM

Pope Francis on Friday apologized for the theft of indigenous Amazonian statues from a Rome church, saying they had been found after thieves dumped them in the Tiber River. Read more »

Xinjiang: The making of China's far west police state

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 09 03:09 PM

BEIJING, China - China's all-encompassing security crackdown in Xinjiang has turned the northwest region -- home to most of the country's ethnic Uighur population -- into a place activists describe as an open air prison.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 7, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 12:07 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

The life-changing power of kindness

Robert Labayen
Posted at Oct 07 06:53 PM

Is man born good or are we naturally evil? Read more »

Pope Francis at Amazon synod

Andrew Medichini, AP
Posted at Oct 07 06:26 PM

Pope Francis walks in procession on the occasion of the opening of the Amazon synod, at the Vatican on Monday.  Read more »

Prayerful Chief Justice hopeful Jose Reyes tags premarital sex as immoral

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 07:17 PM

A Supreme Court justice vying to be the next chief justice said Wednesday he believes premarital sex between 2 unmarried people is immoral. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 30, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 11:29 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

'Yes to family': Anti-SOGIE protest held

Mike Alquinto, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 06:51 PM

Members of the Christian Coalition for Righteousness, Justice and Truth hold a protest against the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression or SOGIE Equality bill in front of the Senate, on Monday.  Read more »

Lessons from a 'superwoman' who nearly died

Robert Labayen
Posted at Sep 27 12:37 PM

Life can end all of a sudden. We can be grateful for every day that ends and every day that begins. Read more »

In remote Amazon, indigenous married Catholics spread gospel, pray for priesthood

Maria Cervantes, Reuters
Posted at Sep 24 06:24 PM

Whispering "Jesusan namanguinde," or "the body of Christ" in the tongue of the indigenous Achuar people, Yampik gives communion bread to villagers in a small chapel amid a loud chorus of birds and insects outside. Read more »

Pope Francis decries euthanasia as top Italy court considers assisted suicide

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 20 09:17 PM

Pope Francis on Friday again spoke out against assisted suicide and euthanasia, days before a top Italian court is to examine the thorny question in the largely Roman Catholic country. Read more »