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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…
The Catholic Church’s migrants’ ministry has welcomed a Singapore court
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.
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.
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.
The University of Santo Tomas unveiled a historical marker on campus Tuesday to memorialize the first lay Japanese Christian missionary in the Philippines.
Acknowledging correspondence and treating victims with respect is the very least church officials can offer, said survivors of clergy sex abuse.
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…
A Catholic priest said President Rodrigo Duterte should push through with the village polls
A Catholic bishop expressed dismay after the appellate court stopped the deposition of Mary Jane Veloso
