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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Priest urges Duterte to address housing problem
CIRIACO SANTIAGO III MANILA— A Catholic priest urged President Rodrigo Duterte not to forget the poor and marginalized, particularly his campaign promise to provide housing for the informal settlers. “But unfortunately, the NHA (National Housing Authority) has been foot-dragging in its job,” Montallana said over Manila archdiocese-run Radio Veritas on Friday. Thousands of families from Metro Manila have earlier occupied more than 5,000 government housing units in Pandi, Bulacan and the City of San Jose del Monte without permission of authorities.
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To Be a Christian Is To Be a Man for Others
5th Sunday of Lent, Year A (John 11:1-45) – April 2, 2017 When some major TV networks featured an Abu Sayaf footage a few years ago, there was much outrage and furor—as well as approval.
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A preview of Easter and our Resurrection
5th Sunday of Lent, Year A (John 11:1-45) – April 2, 2017 Deeply rooted in the heart of every human being lie the aspirations to be happy and live for ever. But these aspirations are continuo…
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Love must be core of family life, Pope says ahead of World Meeting of Families
Pope Francis issued a message ahead of the 2018 World Meeting of Families (WMOF), saying couples and families should root their relationships in the love of God, which then propels them to joyfully…
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“You shall not kill”
5:17) HUMAN life is sacred from its very beginning whereas from God it originally comes through His procreative gift to one’s parents and to God it eventually returns for salvation or condemnation in the realm of the eternal. So it is that as God is the Giver of life, it belongs to God to take life away for one reason or another in the realm of Divine Providence. But the said sacred rule in general accepts the particularity of defending one’s own life. So it is that the act of self-defense has a double effect, viz., the primary intention is to save one’s own life from death through the killing of the aggressor. Preserving one’s own life is the intention but taking the life of the would-be killer is but a recourse. “Preserving the common good of society requires rendering the aggressor unable to inflict harm. For his reason, the traditional teaching of the Church has acknowledged as well-founded the right and duty of legitimate public authority to punish malefactors by means of penalties commensurate with the gravity of the crime, not excluding, in cases of extreme gravity, the death penalty.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, ECCE Pub. 2266) So it is that Death Penalty is not altogether taboo—absolutely outlawed, unconditionally anathema. But neither it is altogether affirmed—endorsed, recommended, much less promoted. The above citation proffers the key provisions for the enactment and consequent observance of the Law on the imposition of death as a penalty: it is for the preservation of the common good of the society as a whole. It is for disabling mortal aggressors to cause terminal harm to others. It is both the right and obligation of public authority to penalize perpetrators of inherently grave misdeeds premised on the inherent gravity of the crimes committed or perpetrated against individuals, groups thereof or society in general.
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A Lenten Appeal: Don’t be too emotional
And recently, some of our respected congressmen indiscriminately removed several of colleagues from their committee posts because they openly voted against death penalty. But the fact that we cannot come together for a united stand against immorality and injustice shows how alarming our present situation is. This Lenten season, as part of our fasting and prayer, whether we are in favor or against death penalty and EJK, whether we are pro-Duterte or pro-Robredo, consider the possibility of setting aside your personal views, and seek what is true and fair.
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‘Youth Day’ brought closer to grassroots
In line with the Church in the Philippines’ celebration of the “Year of the Parish as Communion of Communities,”
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Duterte plan to appoint village officials ‘undemocratic’?
Alleging that appointing village officials smacked of “authoritarianism”, a Catholic bishop hit President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan of resetting barangay elections again and replacing incumbent offici…
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Bishop welcomes conviction of SG couple who starved Filipina maid
The Catholic Church’s migrants’ ministry has welcomed a Singapore court
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Parish: Not a perfect and sinless community
But more properly, it is called a Metropolitan see, meaning it is competent to perform special functions and has power over other particular churches called suffragan dioceses that compose an ecclesiastical province (Cans 435-436 §1-3). The mission of the Church is to reveal to the world that life with Christ through faith is the only definitive response to this restlessness. The parish should assist its members to acknowledge the tension between their call to holiness and their experiences of limitation and sinfulness, to live this tension with hope and courage in the world, and hence, to witness to the presence and power of Christ to the world. They actually go to parishes when their children are to be baptized or to be confirmed; they go to parishes for marriage, for Eucharistic celebrations or for funeral Masses; they approach the pastor for counseling, spiritual direction, confession and for blessing; students coordinate with the parish for their parish involvement and exposure; politicians also deal with pastors for issues of common interests such as death penalty, abortion, poverty alleviation, and many others.
