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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Lent, seeing the light in darkness
It’s important that we know how to see the good, bright and happy side of this season that otherwise is usually considered as dark, and also associated almost exclusively with pain, suffering and sacrifice. May it be that while our sinfulness would have the understandable effect of making us feel bad and sad, we should not allow it to scandalize ourselves to the point of running away from Christ rather than going back to him contrite. Let’s strengthen our conviction that Christ has a special attraction to sinners, that he is ever willing to forgive us as long as we show some signs of repentance that he himself, through his grace, will stir in us.
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Church exec questions CA ‘secret voting’ rules
A Church official has questioned the new rules set by the Commission on Appointments (CA) which allow “secret voting” among its members.
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Oriental Mindoro Catholic schools hit Rep. Umali for ‘erroneous’ claims
MANILA– Catholic schools in Oriental Mindoro are up in arms against Congressman Reynaldo Umali for claiming that they support the death penalty.
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Pope Francis has some ideas on how to fix the priest shortage
VATICAN– In a newly-released interview Pope Francis discussed the shortage of vocations to the priesthood, saying the first response must be prayer. He also mentioned working with youth, the low bi…
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Family as center of evangelization
For Pope Francis, “Christian families, by the grace of the sacrament of matrimony, are the principle agents of the family apostolate, above all through ‘their joy-filled witness as domestic churches.’ Consequently, ‘it is important that people experience the Gospel of the family as a joy that fills hearts and lives’” (199). While one of the spouses may no longer experience an intense sexual desire for the other, he or she may still experience the pleasure of mutual belonging and the knowledge that neither of them is alone, but has a ‘partner’ with whom everything in life is shared…. In fact, “there is no guarantee that we will feel the same way all through life.” Yet, a couple “can love one another and live as one until death do them part, enjoying an enriching intimacy.
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Counterproposal: Don’t tax quality schools
Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez apparently wants the government to tax the income that Catholic schools are generating from tuition and other fees. In so doing he has asked the BIR to study how the government can collect taxes from schools run by religious institutions. 28 of the 1987 Constitution: “Charitable institutions, churches and convents, mosques, non-profit cemeteries, and all lands, buildings, improvements actually, directly and exclusively used for religious, charitable or educational purposes shall be exempt from taxation.” We thank Finance Sec. The rationale for tax exemption is not because higher education supports every position that the national leadership may propose, but to support communities of competent thinkers who can take positions critically and contribute to articulating the imperatives of the common good.
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Tax the Church-run schools?
Well, that’s their call; it’s always the government’s prerogative to do that–especially if they can prove that some Religious congregations and Dioceses are already running schools mainly for busin…
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Priest’s presence ‘unnecessary’ in anti-drug ops
TACLOBAN City – The relaunch of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Oplan Double Barrel is a welcome development, according to local church spokesman, but tagging along a priest is u…
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Is Death Penalty allowed by the Church?
Pope John Paul II in Evangelium Vitae declared that as a result of steady improvements in the organization of the penal system, “cases in which the execution of the offender would be absolutely necessary are very rare, if not practically nonexistent.” Again at St. Under these circumstances, we better ask ourselves if we have it in our hearts to execute people despite our country’s flawed and imperfect criminal justice system, crooked law enforcement agencies, and corrupt justice personnel. Remember, too, that poorly educated and penniless defendants often lack the means to procure competent legal counsel; witnesses can be suborned or can make honest mistakes about the facts of the case or the identities of persons; evidence can be fabricated or suppressed; and judges can be prejudiced or incompetent.
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This thing called conscience
HE came out into the open because, in his words, “I want to clear my conscience…out of fear of God.”
