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NAGA CITY, February 27, 2010—As the countdown of the Tercentenary of the devotion to Bikol’s Ina, Our Lady of Penafrancia, the Caceres Archdiocesan Tercentenary Committee, headed by the Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi, OP, DD, released the roster of activities for the remaining seven months before the grand novena week in September.

MANILA, Feb. 24, 2010—With the increasing cases of HIV/AIDS in the country, a Catholic bishop has demanded that prostitution be banned.

Retired Arcbishop Oscar Cruz called on the authorities to look into widespread and covert prostitution as one of the HIV/AIDS “transmission realities”.

ROME, FEB. 24, 2010 (Zenit.org).- A life dedicated to teaching the faith would be exacting, Giulia Salzano warned the nuns who joined her cause. But, she also affirmed, happiness would be to die teaching the catechism.

ROME, FEB. 24, 2010 (Zenit.org).- A life dedicated to teaching the faith would be exacting, Giulia Salzano warned the nuns who joined her cause. But, she also affirmed, happiness would be to die teaching the catechism.

WASHINGTON, D.C., FEB. 24, 2010 (Zenit.org).- As lawmakers prepare for Thursday's White House Health Care Summit, the U.S. Bishops are calling for a commitment to "genuine health care reform that will protect the life, dignity, consciences and health of all.”

WASHINGTON, D.C., FEB. 24, 2010 (Zenit.org).- As lawmakers prepare for Thursday's White House Health Care Summit, the U.S. Bishops are calling for a commitment to "genuine health care reform that will protect the life, dignity, consciences and health of all.”

MANILA, Feb. 16, 2010—As the government beefs up its campaign against HIV/AIDS, the Catholic Church reiterated that condoms are not always effective in preventing the spread of the disease.

Fr. Greg Gaston, who served on Vatican’s Pontifical Council for the Family, is making the claims despite a widespread scientific consensus that condoms are impermeable to HIV/AIDS.

MANILA, February 13 2010—Pampanga Archbishop Paciano Aniceto urged the voters to examine very carefully the candidates that they are going to vote this coming May 2010 elections.

“We need to follow our conscience and study the character of candidates,” he said.

Aniceto said that the automated election system does not make certain a free, clean and honest election.

MANILA, Jan 29, 2010?The five-day 2nd National Congress of the Clergy came to a close today with around 5,000 priests and bishops walking the 1.2 kilometers distance from World Trade Center to Cuneta Astrodome for the 3:30 p.m. Mass.

MANILA, Jan. 27, 2010? Now, it’s the clergy’s turn to give tithes.

In a concrete expression of solidarity with the victims of earthquake in Haiti, more than 5,000 priests and a hundred bishops generously dropped in their donations as collection baskets were passed around during Mass at the plenary hall of World Trade Center today.