Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos denounced on Monday a proposed law to make sex education mandatory in schools in the conservative mainly Catholic ... The Philippines is the only country ...

Their influence in policymaking plus the firm opposition of the Catholic Church hierarchy explains why the Philippines is the only country in the world without a divorce law. Filipino politicians ...

There are about 215,000 detainees in the Philippines, with a ratio of 200 people incarcerated for every 100,000 inhabitants. The archaeological site north of Nablus linked to the memory of John ...

The college campus covers over 610,000 square meters, mainly in the downtown area. Silliman was Southeast Asia’s first private American university, as well as the first Protestant university to be ...

Luce, the anime-inspired official mascot for the Catholic ... of the 12th century, metal pilgrim badges were produced at low costs. They were soon available at shrines throughout Europe. Each ...

Though he may be covered in tattoos from head to toe — quite literally — the only thing more obvious than comedian Shayne Smith's body art lately might be his newfound Catholicism. And the ...

1979 or the proposed Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act, sparked uproar in the predominantly Catholic Philippines in early January 2025 — nearly two years after the bill was filed.

The barracks is World Heritage Listed for its convict history, but is equally important for the story of 19th century Australian immigration. After the end of convict transportation to New South ...

Analysis of dried plant remains from a 19th-century Australian colonial institution reveals the consumption of various foods not listed in official records, suggesting secretive snacking by residents.

The speech was saturated with 19th-century imperialism. Trump announced that he would order the name of America’s highest peak to be changed from Denali back to its old name, Mount McKinley ...

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Mindoro, Philippines on Monday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.

Marcos vowed to veto the bill in the event it hurdles Congress, blaming people with a “woke” mentality for what he said was an “abhorrent” and “ridiculous” idea. Legislators backing ...