Quiapo Church elevated as ‘Archdiocesan Shrine of the Black Nazarene’
The St. John the Baptist Parish or Quiapo Church has been elevated to the status of an archdiocesan shrine.
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Summit emphasizes global nature of abuse crisis, need to put victims first
The clerical sexual abuse crisis has caused “serious scandal” in the Catholic Church and in society “because of the dramatic suffering of the victims, as well as the unjustifiable…
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Bishops at summit consider 21 action items to handle, prevent abuse
Immediately after asking bishops and religious superiors to be concrete in
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Church must confront abuse crisis without fear— Cardinal Tagle
The Catholic Church must confront clerical sexual abuse crisis without fear and reprisal, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila said on Thursday.
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Challenged to love even the unlovable
JESUS does not seem tired of shocking his disciples. He has already jolted them with the “beatification” of the poor, the hungry, the despised and the persecuted, and the four “woes” addressed to t…
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Vatican summit opens with acknowledgement of evil committed
Opening the Vatican summit on child protection and the clerical sexual abuse crisis, Pope Francis said, “The holy people of God are watching and are awaiting from us not simple, predictable c…
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The narrative of faith
THE word, ‘narrative,’ today has acquired a bad connotation because it now is made to refer to attempts to conform our views according to a preconceived storyline that would already suggest bias an…
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No fast forwards for me
MY passion for truth won’t tolerate forwarded social media messages that sound too good or too bad to be true—whether they’re plain news items or videos from netizens.
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We speak for the Children on the MACR (Minimum age of criminal responsibility)
THE House of Representatives under the Speakership of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, is now rushing for the approval of the act amending and expanding the RA 9344 “The Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act o…
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Vatican summit on sex abuse
POPE FRANCIS has called to Rome Catholic leaders from over a hundred bishop’s conferences throughout the world for a landmark meeting on sexual abuse.
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Vatican summit: Silence, denial are unacceptable, archbishop says
When presented with an accusation that a priest has sexually abused a child, “whether it’s criminal or malicious complicity and a code of silence or whether it is denial” on a ver…
