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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Town produces 115th priest
The 115th priest-son of this town, Fr. Daniel Maniego Coronel, celebrated his first solemn Mass on March 21 at the National Shrine of St. Anne, Hagonoy, Bulacan.
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Age of criminal liability
The immediate conclusion and instant recourse of their elders—the Legislators in particular came loud and clear: Lower the age of criminal liability from fifteen years old to whatever agreed much younger age! This move would frighten even but really young people to commit crimes, would make them obey the laws of the land and thus become better individuals of their communities, better citizens of the country. In other words, apply the Penal Law of the country even to young people below fifteen years old and there will be a more trustworthy and dependable young people, a more safe and peaceful Philippines. If a good number of the youth of today behave badly, do wrong and even engage in criminal acts as a matter of fact, the more realistic reason for such socio-moral malady is not really their young age of fifteen years old. The more common and pervasive causal factor of their criminal actuations is the more and more criminal actions and reactions of their elders who are in fact becoming more in number and insensitivity. This very disturbing phenomenon finds its basic causal factor in way downright killings day and night, here and there that have practically become the standard reality and practice of the times. Human rights there are none—except for the rich and powerful. What is right or wrong, what is just or unjust do not matter really whereas might is right. This is the living lamentable as well as dangerous socio-unethical reality now obtaining in the country that is so evident that it is downright foolish to ask for evidence or proof. What is more pitiful and unreasonable is that there are supposedly learned and even wise Legislators who want to resolve the above said social liability by simply lowering the physical age of the youth—to but boys and girls—for their criminal prosecution. This is a case of proposed solution much worse than the problem.
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UST unveils historical marker for Samurai martyr
The University of Santo Tomas unveiled a historical marker on campus Tuesday to memorialize the first lay Japanese Christian missionary in the Philippines.
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Message in a bottle: Letters need humble response, say abuse survivors
Acknowledging correspondence and treating victims with respect is the very least church officials can offer, said survivors of clergy sex abuse.
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Child protection commission seeks new ways to be informed by victims
Following the resignation of a prominent member and abuse survivor, a pontifical commission charged with addressing issues related to clergy sex abuse vowed to continue to seek input from victims a…
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Rethink postponing village polls, Duterte told
A Catholic priest said President Rodrigo Duterte should push through with the village polls
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Bishop dismayed after CA stops Mary Jane Veloso’s deposition
A Catholic bishop expressed dismay after the appellate court stopped the deposition of Mary Jane Veloso
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Developing love for the Church
Nowadays, with love itself being distorted by detaching it from its true source, pattern and end, this duty to love the Church is getting urgent. The organic link between these two aspects of Christian life should be lived and clearly expressed in all the pertinent public pronouncements and actuations. We should avoid giving the impression, no matter how slight, of interventions by Church leaders in temporal affairs as being purely social or economic or political in nature only.
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Clergy, seminarians reminded: Be ‘life advocates’
During a “Vigil for Life” on March 23 to 24, the clergy and seminarians of the Immaculate Conception Major Seminary (ICMAS) community
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Cardinal Tagle invites faithful to join ‘Penitential Walk for Life’
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila is inviting Catholics to take to the streets again and join the campaign against the drug-related killings and the death penalty this Lenten season.
