Divorce remains illegal in Catholic-majority Philippines, the only place outside the Vatican where it is outlawed, contrary ...

Child marriage became illegal in the Philippines on Thursday as a law banning the practice took effect in a country where one in six girls enters wedlock before the age of 18. The impoverished ...

and said he supported legalizing same-sex marriage in December. Last week, the Philippines' legislature took major steps towards introducing a law that would legalize divorce in the only country ...

and child betrothal and marriage shall have no legal effect," states the new law. RA 11596 says that The Philippines now views child marriage as a practice constituting child abuse because it "debases ...