5 online challenges vs ‘culture of life’
BACOLOD – Amid the groundswell of public sentiment against the “culture of death” and as provinces organize prayer rallies to uphold the sanctity of human life, there is a need to champion life eve…
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‘Church reminds us about what we value’
ILOILO City – Amid issues like extrajudicial killings and the proposed reimposition of the death penalty, movements like CFC- Singles for Christ rally behind the Church hierarchy’s call to co…
Over 50-year old Palo Cross faces destruction
Borrinaga) PALO, Leyte – The cross, found on top of Guinhangdan Hill, more popularly known as “Hill 522”, in this town is facing destruction with the present plans of the Palo municipal government to demolish the large, white cross and replace it with a similar structure worth millions of government funds. In an interview with CBCPNews, he said, “For more than 50 years, this Cross has been a place of pilgrimage for many devotees, who would climb the hill (in ‘Calvary fashion’) during Holy Week.” “Destroying this structure, which was apparently built with contributions and volunteer labor from Palo community, would not only be sacrilegious, it is also against an existing law,” continued by Borrinaga, who is a professor in UP Manila’s Leyte-based School of Health Sciences. 10066 or the “National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009,” structures dating at least fifty (50) years old are considered of “heritage value.” For Borrinaga, the Cross on Guinhangdan Hill can be automatically be classified as such, making it worthy of preservation by law because of its “notable historical and cultural significance.” Borrinaga noted: “Elderly residents of Palo can attest that this structure has been there for more than 50 years now.” Helping Borrinaga is Fr.
Prelate praises mothers, stresses sacredness of life
He noted how life has become “nothing.” Du exhorted the members of the federation to collectively cry for the protection of life, which is “sacred and precious.” Even after President Rodrigo Duterte momentarily put on hold his hardlining war against drugs following the sensational killing of a Korean businessman inside Camp Crame, extra-judicial killings have never not stopped. Du remarked, “Can you expect a child to grow up good and show his or her best when there is no food on their table, parents are separated?” Posing the challenge, he stressed, “That is why a child needs love and support and assistance.” “The Lord is telling us ‘Give him the opportunity to make his life better and offer himself,” he stressed. The prelate also reiterated God’s call to mankind to be holy and to live the fullness of life “because life is beautiful.” Dealing with evil Emphasizing that Sunday’s Gospel he said, “If anyone presses you into service for one mile, go for two miles; we have to make extra effort to help our brothers and sisters who are being misled or lost in their lives.” Du also explained how a Christian should deal with evil.
Vatican, Al-Azhar team up to counter religious justification for violence
VATICAN, Feb. 21, 2017– The Vatican and one of Islam’s most renowned schools of Sunni thought are joining forces to discuss how they can work together in combating religious extremism that us…
From one hypocrite to another!
Dubito, Ergo Sum Hypocrisy is always shameful—whether it be the hypocrisy of a priest who preaches fidelity to the Gospel but is, in his own life, unfaithful to it, or the hypocrisy of a pub…
Old pastoral letter cites ‘death squad’ existence in Davao
Amado Picardal, former spokesman of the Coalition Against Summary Executions, said the victims in Davao City alone also include 132 minors–126 boys and six girls. The youngest was a 12-year old boy and a 15-year old girl, he added. And at one point, he broke into tears when he recalled his role in the deaths of his two brothers because they were drug users. Picardal said he is hoping and praying that more cops and DDS members will be “touched by their conscience and will have the courage to come out and testify”.
Pope Francis: To love your enemies, prayer is a game-changer
VATICAN, Feb. 19, 2017– The path to holiness and sainthood, Pope Francis said, requires imitating Christ by loving our enemies and praying for those who wrong us even when it is difficult. “I…
Standing up for life in a “Country shrouded in the darkness of vice and death”
By the roadside That is how I see the CBCP in its latest pastoral letter on the EJKs, the drug war and other anti-life efforts at work in our islands. As of this writing official administrat…
At the Mexico border, Catholic bishops unite for migrants
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Feb 17, 2017–Along the U.S.-Mexico border, Catholic bishops of both countries stressed the right of people to migrate and the need for the Church to welcome them. “In this…
