How can you help people in the Philippines as the country recovers from the typhoon?

SPUC has received enquiries in recent days from pro-lifers wanting to donate to help the people of the Philippines following the typhoon there.

Readers may consider supporting Caritas Manila - donation details can be found at: http://www.caritas.org.ph/Call-To-Action/about.html

Please note that the donation process uses amounts in Philippines pesos (PhP), so you may wish to check the exchange rate/use a currency-converter to know what your donation will be in British pounds.

Unfortunately many of the member-charities of the popular Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) provide and/or promote abortion and/or contraception etc. In contrast, Caritas Manila has a webpage from its chairman, Cardinal Luis Tagle, lamenting the passage of the population control bill through the national legislature. [John Smeaton, 14 November]

Other stories:

• US Catholic bishops resolve unanimously to continue to oppose Obama's anti-life healthcare mandate [USCCB, 13 November]
• US Catholic bishops create new post to aid post-abortion healing [National Catholic Register, 13 November]
• English mother wants £500k in 'wrongful birth' case [Mail, 12 November]
• Babies saved after women refused abortions after fetal death misdiagnosis [Mail, 10 November]
• Women who had UK abortions to bring case against Ireland to the United Nations [Pat Buckley, 9 November]
• "Abortion is a threat to the very existence of the nation," says Angola's Catholic bishops [Aleteia, 8 November]
• Lesbian couple sue NHS after hospital prevented them from accessing IVF [Pink News, 14 November]
• Maternity units cut spending as births increase [Times, 14 November]
• Review of Do No Harm, a novel by SPUC's Fiorella de Maria Nash [Pat Buckley, 13 November]