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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...

11 FILIPINOS KILLED, 20 HURT AFTER SUV RAMS INTO LAPU-LAPU FESTIVAL IN VANCOUVER

20 INJURED MAN ARRESTED AFTER VEHICLE STRIKES AT A CROWD Eleven Filipinos celebrating the heroism of Filipino Chieftain Lapu-Lapu were killed and 20 others were injured when a driver of a black SUV plowed into a crowd of Filipinos on Saturday, April 26, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ...

POPE FRANCIS, 88, DIES

VATICAN CITY (PM) --"Dear brothers and sisters, it is with profound sadness I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis," Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced on the Vatican's TV channel. "At 7:35 this morning (Monday, April 21, 2025) the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the...

LATVIA OFFERS TO HOST ICC SENTENCED CONVICTS

©2025 By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (PhilaMessenger.net) THE AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA H.E. MS. SOLVITA ABOLTINA AND ICC PRESIDENT JUDGE TOMOKO AKANE SIGN AN AGREEMENT ON ENFORCEMENT OF SENTENCES ON MARCH 28, 2025 CHICAGO (PM) – LATVIA, a country that lies in Northern Eur...