Around 2,000 Roman Catholic Filipinos protested in Manila on Saturday against a push to legalise divorce, with church groups also using the "Walk for Life" march to slam President Rodrigo Dutertes ...

Ending a marriage in Asia's bastion of Catholicism is only possible via annulment, a processes few Filipinos can afford - Copyright AFP/File JAM STA ROSA Ending a ...

When the Philippines’ House of Representatives passed the Absolute Divorce Bill in its final reading in May 2024, the spokesperson of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) labeled ...

MANILA, Philippines — Lennie Visbal last saw her husband, Joel, 13 years ago. Even then, she said, “it was like looking at a stranger.” But since divorce is not possible in the Philippines, Visbal can ...

Proposed legislation on absolute divorce has been refiled in the House of Representatives under the 20th Congress. House Bill 108 filed by 4Ps Partylist Representative JC Abalos and House Bill 210 ...

THE Catholic Church’s teaching on the indissolubility of marriage rests on a theological premise: the nature of a sacrament. In the Church’s theology, sacraments are privileged signs — signs ...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's top ally in Congress proposed new bills to legalise divorce and same-sex unions on Monday, a move almost certain to meet fierce resistance ...

In her bid to convince lawmakers to legalise divorce, Filipina fruit vendor Avelina Anuran has publicly testified about the abuse she said she regularly endured at the hands of her husband. She also ...