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From The BBC-
Pope Francis has called on leaders to fight corruption and end "scandalous" social inequalities, on the first full day of his visit to the Philippines.
The Pope was speaking at a welcome ceremony at the presidential palace hosted by President Benigno Aquino.
He then went on to celebrate Mass in the capital's Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.
The pontiff was greeted by huge crowds as he arrived in the overwhelmingly Catholic country on Thursday.
More here-
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30843811?OCID=fbasia
From ACNS-
In sewing workshops, homes and sheds on either side of the road reaching to the top of a hill where Holy Faith Episcopal Church sits in Igorot Village, men weave hats, scarves and sweaters and women sew labels on finished goods. It’s a cottage industry started by six women who sell knitwear to wholesalers; it keeps the village humming.
The village was founded in the 1950s on 1.5 hectares of land that was once part of a cattle ranch by Igorots, or “mountain people,” from Luzon, the largest, northernmost island province of the Philippines where Anglican missionaries established a presence in the late 19th century. Located on the outskirts of Manila, the village of former bamboo and grass huts, now is home to more than 100 families living in concrete homes with metal roofs.
More here-
http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2014/10/episcopal-bishops-study-self-sustainability-in-the-philippines.aspx
From Christian Today-
The Anglican Board of Mission (ABM) has been on the ground in the Philippines assessing the damage and supporting the relief provided in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.
ABM staff member, Lina Magallanes has just returned from the Philippines where she met with staff of ABM’s partners, the Episcopal Church of the Philippines (ECP) and Independent Philippines Iglesia (IFI) who are contributing to the relief effort.
Lina said the relief effort is large and multi-faceted, with locals clearly devastated yet those who can are still helping to volunteer and support those people who have lost their loved ones, their properties and their sources of income.
“The mobilisation of volunteers to pack emergency relief goods is a massive undertaking in itself. The ECP, as part of its own emergency relief activities, is putting together relief packs in the national cathedral compound where there is sufficient space for the packing activities and goods are being loaded into trucks,” she said.
More here-
http://au.christiantoday.com/article/providing-relief-in-the-philippines/16602.htm
From ENS-
Peter Ng, the Episcopal Church’s partnership officer for Asia and the Pacific, has been named an honorary lay canon of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines’ National Cathedral of St. Mary and St. John in Quezon City, Philippines.The appointment was formally conferred by the Most Rev. Edward P. Malecdan, prime bishop of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines (ECP), during Holy Eucharist on Aug. 5 at the cathedral.Introducing Ng to the cathedral congregation, Malecdan described Ng as a very close friend to the ECP, acknowledging “his huge task” in taking care of “cooperation and companionship between TEC and other Anglican/Episcopal churches in our region.“According to Anglican and Roman Catholic tradition, the ceremonial position of an honorary lay canon ‘is conferred or given to a person who performs distinguished services such as establishing and strengthening relationships and partnerships between governments or churches, and between groups and individuals,’” Malecdan said. “In short, the person is an ambassador of friendship and reconciliation, to say the least. Peter Ng has been more than that to us in the ECP.”More here-
http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2012/08/07/peter-ng-installed-as-honorary-canon-at-philippines-episcopal-cathedral/
From The Phillippines-
The parishes of this city are asking their parishioners to give relief assistance for the victims of tropical storm Sendong.The Episcopal Diocese of Northern Luzon (EDNL) appeals to all parishioners in its area of responsibility to donate cash to thousands of victims. They are only receiving cash contributions since they have no means to transport in-kind donations.Rev. Renato Abibico, EDNL Bishop, is asking each and everyone to share whatever little money for the victims. “Love through sharing, this after all is one of the themes of this season,” he said in his letter read during masses and through the media.“Let us not forget that God was the one who started this (sharing) during the first Christmas – that He shared to us His unconditional love through the birth of His Son Jesus Christ. Sharing our blessings, however, little it may be, will be great act of love, hoping that by doing so, we will all experience the true meaning of giving this Christmas,” he said in his letter.Rev. Denver Marrero also of EDNL said all contributions will be coordinated with their Mindanao counterpart for proper distribution to victims.Bishop Abibico also asks for prayers that the lessons of this disaster will truly be discerned.More here-
http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=69386
