MANILA, Sept. 9, 2010— A Catholic bishop fears an outbreak of further violence in Southern Philippines after the Muslims’ celebration of Ramadan.

Jolo Bishop Angelito Lampon said they are bracing up for possible escalation of hostilities because just like what happened in the past years.

MANILA, Sept. 9, 2010—A Catholic priest criticized a lawmaker for continuing to evade a dialogue with the affected communities on the proposed economic zone in Aurora.

Casiguran parish priest Joefran Talaban was reacting to a recent consultation on the project but again without the presence of those who are opposed to it.

MANILA, Sept. 9, 2010—A group of clergy is asking President Benigno C. Aquino III to act swiftly on the case of Fr. Cecilio Lucero and other politically instigated killings of human rights defenders.

MANILA, Sept. 9, 2010—Human rights lawyers from the Asia and the Pacific will convene in the SMX Convention Center, in Mall of Asia in Pasay City, come September 18 and 19 for the 5th Conference of Lawyers in Asia-Pacific (COLAP), organized by the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL).

MANILA, Sept. 9, 2010— Two deacons of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila will be ordained as priests at the Manila Cathedral on September 25.

Reverends Carlo Perez del Rosario and Adonis Galamgam Saclolo will enter the priesthood during the 9 a.m. Mass.

MANILA, Sept. 9, 2010—Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz has said that a dysfunctional justice system is “one of the biggest liabilities of the country today”.

He further said that it is also “one of the biggest curses that a country can have because the dysfunctional justice system is a constant multiplier effect.”