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Oklahoma approves first publicly funded Catholic school in US
Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoAn Oklahoma school board on Monday approved the Catholic Church's application to create the first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in the U.S. Opponents of the school have vowed a legal ...
Hong Kong bishop invites head of China's state-backed church
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoHong Kong’s Roman Catholic bishop on Friday said he has invited the state-appointed archbishop of...
Report details 'staggering' church sex abuse in Maryland
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoMore than 150 Catholic priests and others associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore sexually...
Churches defend clergy loophole in child sex abuse reporting
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoIt was a frigid Sunday evening at the Catholic Newman Center in Salt Lake City when the priest...
Roma pilgrims seek just 'one glimpse' of Pope Francis at Hungary Mass
Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoWhen Pope Francis visited Hungary two years ago, Roma pilgrim Csaba Kovesi, accompanied by a cross...
Ramos, ex-Philippine leader who helped oust dictator, dies
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoFormer Philippine President Fidel Valdez Ramos, a U.S.-trained ex-general who saw action in the...
Begho Ukueberuwa, Development Executive, Dies at 27
Variety via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoBegho Ukueberuwa, the director of development at Fat City, died May 7 in Providence, R.I., after suffering complications from heat stroke while running a...
Today in History: JAN 23, ABC begins mini-series "Roots"
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoOn Jan. 23, 1964, the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, eliminating the poll tax in federal elections, was ratified as South Dakota became the 38th state to endorse it. In 1368 ...