Church bells toll across Batangas vs corruption, climate emergency s.inqnews.net/bw2aNWZ

The President himself said he’d join the protests if he were not president. The Civil Service Commission says civil servants have the right to join today’s protests if they wish. Our local parish priest encourages everyone to join.

My favorite bishops.

Glad to see Maria Ressa being tweeted by DFA!

Thank you, Holy Father

The Israeli Embassy issued a statement against Cardinal Parolin for yesterday's interview, saying that it risks undermining peace efforts. When asked about this, Pope Leo said: “The cardinal expressed the Holy See's opinion very well.

Dried mangoes! And then most inexpensive ones haha

You mean in the Philippines

New chancery in Singapore!

On #UNDay, proud to share my piece highlighting the Philippines as a founding UN member and champion of multilateralism 🇵🇭🌍. Thanks Rappler for publishing! Read more 👉 rappler.com/voices/thought…

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🇵🇭🇺🇳 The Philippines had yet to regain full independence in 1945, but its diplomats were already helping shape the new world order that year. #FAO80 #UN80 "Our brand in the UN has always been that of a credible partner, pathfinder & peacemaker". rappler.com/voices/thought…

St. John Henry Newman is officially a Doctor of the Church. Just moments ago in St. Peter’s Square, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV proclaimed the Solemn Formula in Latin to make the Englishman the 38th Doctor of the Universal Church.

'His theology offers a diagnosis of Catholicism’s history in the Philippines and a prescription for how religion might understand its role in the modern world' #ThoughtLeaders rappler.com/voices/thought…

The world needs honest and courageous entrepreneurs and communicators who care for the common good. We sometimes hear the saying: “Business is business!” In reality, it is not so. No one is absorbed by an organization to the point of becoming a mere cog or a simple function. Nor

This is the world’s first typhoon detection mechanism invented in 1884 by Fr. Federico Faura of the Manila Observatory. My specimen is the 1st edition model from 1886 produced by L. Casella. Despite being 139 yrs old, it is still able to predict the approach of Typhoon Uwan.

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The People's Air Force. The S-70i Black Hawk combat utility helicopters of the Philippine Air Force 🇵🇭 conducted HADR operations, and delivered relief supplies to the affected communities. The PAF shared a moment with the youth, where most of them would dream to be a PAF pilot, someday.

I love Pope Leo but what a splendid pope Cardinal Tagle would have been.

He’s fast becoming one of my favorite cardinals now.