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Politics & SocietyNews
Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla, the military spokesman, also urged netizens not to share the video, which shows militants ripping a picture of Pope Francis, toppling a crucifix, and stomping on and torching religious statues.
Politics & SocietyNews
The Philippines may reinstate the death penalty after it was put on hold 11 years ago.
Politics & SocietyNews
Since President Rodrigo Duterte took office in June, about 7,000 mostly poor people have died in police raids and killings carried out by unknown assailants.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
President Duterte lashed out against the church again, likely in response to the growing criticism mounted by church leaders against the administration’s drug war.
FaithDispatches
The pope's words come as the peace process to end a 45-year-old conflict between the government and separatist rebels seems to have stalled.
"The Catholic Church has been entangled in politics in the Philippines for almost five centuries," writes Sean Williams in his article, "How the Catholic Church is fighting the drug war in the Philippines." This country, whose population is over 80 percent Catholic, continues to grapple with its national and religious identity.