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Philippine bishops back pope’s remarks on Zika contraception

February 28, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Despite their staunch opposition to contraceptives, Philippine Roman Catholic bishops expressed their full support Feb. 20 to Pope Francis’ remarks suggesting artificial contraception can be used by women threatened by the Zika virus. The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines also backed the pope’s uncompromising position […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2016, Archbishop Socrates Villegas, Associated Press, Belgian Congo, Brazil, Edcel Lagman, MANILA, Mexico, Philippine Roman Catholic, Philippines, Pope Francis, Risa Hontiveros, Supreme Court, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4

Yes, Pope Francis, we will walk in others’ shoes

October 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Evelyn P. Yenson Northwest Asian Weekly We all are pilgrims, and that is why we were going to Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection. When the Holy Father stated that he is the son of immigrants, I felt the same gratitude to be an American as the third-generation South African Chinese […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2015, Argentina, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, City Hall, Colombia, DEA, El Salvador, Evelyn Yenson, Holy Father, Linda Moran, MS, Mexico, Nicaragua, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pope Francis, SEPTA, Secret Service, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation, State Patrol, TSA, USA, Vol 34 No 42 | October 10 - October 16

Filipino Cardinal Tagle gets new high-profile job at Caritas

May 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Filipino cardinal often mentioned as a possible papal contender has just gotten a new high-profile job heading the Catholic Church’s global charity and development confederation. Caritas Internationalis’ 165 members elected Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle to be their president Thursday. He succeeds Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodridguez Maradiaga, whose two four-year terms […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Asia, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Caritas Internationalis, Catholic Church, Filipino Cardinal Tagle, Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodridguez Maradiaga, Philippines, Pope Francis, Vol 34 No 22 | May 23 - May 29, attention

Philippine crowd building for papal Mass

January 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nicole Winfield and Teresa Cerojano AP Wire Service MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos filled Manila’s main park for Pope Francis’ final Mass on Sunday, braving a steady rain to hear the pontiff’s message of hope for the Southeast Asian country’s most downtrodden and destitute.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Glyzelle Palomar, Jesus Francis Mass, MANILA, Philippines, Pope Francis, Rizal Park, Rosalinda Kho, Santo Nino, Southeast Asian, TV, Teresa Cerojano, Typhoon Haiyan, Vol 34 No 5 | January 24 - January 30

LETTER: Japan needs to acknowledge WWII actions

July 11, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Dear Editor, The Abe government in Japan is acting against the international community in recently questioning Japan’s pledge in the Kono Statement of 1993, in which Japan acknowledged its wartime sexual slavery during World War II.

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2014, Asia, Dear Editor, Japanese Imperial Army, Kono Statement, Korea, Pope Francis, Second World War, United Nations, Vol 33 No 29 | July 12 - July 18, WWII

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