Pro-life Philippines supports the proposal to exclude the conditional cash transfer (CCT) from the 2015 national budget. Pro-life Philippines president Eric B. Manalang believes the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, popularly known as “Four P’s”, barely improves the quality of lives of poor Filipinos who are...
The Senate today approved on third and final reading two bills seeking to make education more accessible to poor and working Filipino students. Approved were Senate Bill No. 2272, also known as the Ladderized Education Act of 2014 and Senate Bill No. 2274, or the Act...
Loy Madrigal, head of the Cebu Provincial Anti-Illegal Fishing Task Force (CPAIFTF), ordered a tip from a pertained citizen, reminded the task force to arrange a checkpoint in Barangay Poblacion, Naga City, some 20.2 kilometers south of Cebu City. After some checkpoints, it paved them...
ANTIPOLO City, July 13. 2014 – Education should not only develop the intellect of the student for personal goals, but also shape his heart for the service of God and others, a priest said in a reflection on July 8. While the intention of formal education...
MANILA, July 8, 2014 — A Catholic priest says he “deeply regrets” having berated a 17-year-old single mother at her child’s baptismal ceremony in Jagobiao, Mandaue City. Redemptorist Father Romeo Obach apologized on Tuesday for his “rude attitude” that was caught on video and went viral...
MANILA, July 7, 2014— The Catholic Church called for months of spiritual preparation Monday to face another crucial moment in the country’s history— the imminent visit of Pope Francis. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said Catholics must prepare the nation to receive the...
In a recent interview over Radyo Veritas, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz expressed dismay that other administration politicians accused in the ten billion-peso “pork barrel scam” still walk free. “I’m waiting that suspected party mates and cabinet members of President Aquino will also get arrested,” Cruz...
QUEZON City, June 16, 2014—Half in jest, half in earnest, Manila’s charismatic chief priest aired doubts over the “Choose to be brave” slogan, encouraging the faithful instead to “be brave for the right reason.” That battle cry, Manila Archbishop Luís Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle observed, has...
MANILA, June 16, 2014 — The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Pentecost Sunday consecrated the month of June this Year of the Laity to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, focusing on the renewal of the lay faithful’s devotion to the Divine Mercy. “Urged...
MANILA, June 15, 2014 — Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle last Saturday called on the Catholic faithful to manifest the characteristics of a renewed church through the promotion of Basic Ecclesial Communities (BEC) in every Catholic household. In his talk during the Manila Archdiocesan General...
