Sr. Pinky B. Barrientos spent most of her apostolic life working in radio, television and the editorial department of her congregation's publishing house. She spoke with GSR about why everyone must fight disinformation.
Tropical Storm Megi continues to inflict damage in the Visayas and Mindanao regions of the Philippines after making landfall April 10. By April 14, the death toll surpassed 120, with dozens remaining missing.
In a sweeping pastoral, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines also called for church institutions to press their banks to phase out fossil fuel holdings and to deny donations with ties to the fossil fuel and extractive industries.
Bishops in the island nation have declared Christmas Day and Dec. 26 as national days of prayer and mourning for typhoon victims and urged Catholics to redirect holday spending toward the recovery.
Church has always led on issues related to mining, illegal logging and land grabbing, says new leader of Malaybalay Diocese in country's food basket region.
For three days in online spaces, thousands of Catholics looked to prime the U.S. church for a stronger response to climate change and Pope Francis' call to become a central component in the global response to the world's ecological challenges.
An international group of theologians and scholars released an academic statement alleging inconsistencies in the Vatican's arguments against same-sex relationships, and urging the church to review its stance.
