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The Straphanger: CAN AN ILLINOISAN POPE HELP REHABILITATE MISSISSIPPI RIVER?

The Straphanger ©2025 VY By Bobby M. Reyes Vatican Must Remember that Jesus Was the Original Fisher of Men Part XIII of "Fourteen Letters to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV" Series Dear Holy Father: Four of the twelve original apostles were fishermen: Simon (whom Jesus "rebaptized" a...

JGL Eye: WHY ICC PRE-TRIAL CHAMBER IS GOING REJECT MR. DUTERTE’S INTERIM RELEASE?

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) AUSTRALIA DECLINES TO HOST DUTERTE SURRENDEREE WAS ONCE GRANTED INTERIM RELEASE CHICAGO (PM) – In his pleadings to secure his interim release from detention, the lawyer of former Philippines president Rodrigo Roa Duterte, ...

The Straphanger: PART 8: VATICAN CAN START NEGOTIATION TO END WARS IN MIDDLE EAST, UKRAINE AND ELSEWHERE

The Straphanger ©2025 By BOBBY M. REYES Part VIII of "Fourteen Letters to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV" Series 14 LETTERS FOR POPE LEO XIV His Holiness Pope Leo XIV 00120 Vatican City, Europe Through the Order of Saint Augustine Province of Santo Niño de Cebu Pilgrim Center Cor. Osmeña Blv...

POPE LEO XIV URGES RELEASE OF IMPRISONED JOURNALISTS, CHALLENGES THE CONSCIENCE OF THE NATIONS & INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) ”Only informed individuals can make free choices.” -- Pope Leo XIV POPE WANTS EVERYONE TO SAFEGUARD THE PRECIOUS GIFT OF FREE SPEECH AND OF THE PRESS CHICAGO (PM) – On the fourth...

NEW POPE LEO XIV IS A CHICAGO NATIVE

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) FIRST BISHOP OF ROME FROM NORTH AMERICA; SECOND FROM THE AMERICAS CHICAGO (PM) – Chicago-born Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th pope May 8 and took the...

SCAMMER STOPPED FROM COLLECTING FUNDS RAISED FOR ALLEGED FILIPINA VICTIM OF LAPU-LAPU FESTIVAL

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) MORE THAM $1-M CAD DONATIONS COLLECTED FOR VICTIMS SO FAR A scammer identifying herself as a friend of an alleged “devoted mother and beloved friend who worked tirelessly to support her two sons” and was said to be among the victims...

2 FAMILIES, 3 FILIPINAS AMONG THOSE KILLED IN LAPU-LAPU FESTIVAL

©2025By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) SCHOOL HOMEWORK SAVED 16-YEAR-OLD BOY FROM ATTENDING LAPU-LAPU FESTIVAL; 6 FILIPINOS CRITICALLY INJURED; AFTER COLLECTING $77,041 CAD TRIPLING $20K CAD GOAL, FAMILY STOPPED COLLECTING DONATIONS TWO FAMILIES with roots from Vietna...

SUSPECT IN THE LAPU-LAPU DAY MULTIPLE DEATHS CHARGED!

©2025 By JOSEPH G LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) PCG VANCOUVER SAYS "WE ARE NOT FUNDRAISING FOR THE VICTIMS!" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada police announced Monday that the 30-year-old driver of an SUV that rammed into a Filipino community celebrating Lapu-Lapu Festival in...