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Duterte will push for same-sex marriage in Philippines

December 18, 2017

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CWN Editor's Note: Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte has pledged to work for legal recognition of same-sex marriage. He said: “Why impose a morality that is no longer working and is almost passé?”

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Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Junípero Serra, Priest (USA)

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Today the United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Junípero Serra (1713-1784). Miguel Jose Serra was born on the island of Mallorca, Spain. He took the name Junípero when he entered the Franciscan Order in 1730. Ordained in 1737, he taught philosophy and theology at the University of Padua for…

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