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Bishops warn against 'people power'

Say people should not politicize probe into Supreme Court chief justice

Council opposes war games

Says US-Korea exercises would 'increase tensions' on the peninsula

Infant HIV cases on rise: ministry

Number of children affected doubles in last year, report says

Bishop's funding plan irks parishioners

Calls on Catholics to give one percent of their disposable income

Religious challenge anti-gay campaign

Opposition sparked by US-based groups seeking greater rights for homosexuals

Bishops offer online Lenten retreat

Catholics can now access video reflections during Lenten season

Activist questions case against monk

Says government should consider the cost of prosecuting activist Shin Gambira

Caritas distributes aid to fishing families

Provides permanent homes, boats and fishing equipment to displaced families

Diplomatic row deepens over marines

Italy seeks diplomatic immunity as court orders pair remanded in custody

Country second deadliest for journalists

Watchdog says provincial reporters work 'under constant threat of reprisals'

Officials balk at organ donor network

Say they do not want to encourage commercialization of donations

Archdiocese to use new translation early

Will use the Lord's Prayer from the newly translated Roman Missal for Ash Wednesday

German cardinal 'contributed to crisis of trust' on sex abuse

Armenian bishops elect former US pastor as patriarch

Cardinal Pell: Catholics should debate issues, not debase each other

Indian nun wins right to kill destructive wild boars

Christians flee as Myanmar township burns

Holding on to embattled church properties in Pakistan