During this pandemic, praying the Holy Rosary becomes our source of strength. Since the start of the quarantine last March 2020, here in Davao City, Catholics are encouraged to pray the rosary every 8 o'clock in the evening. The Archdiocese of Davao through DXGN 89.9...
WE have to be very wary in our use of the new things. They can be very attractive since they give us a lot of advantages. But we should never forget that we need to also develop the appropriate attitudes and skills, because together with...
The Pontifical Council for the Laity (PCL) highlights only four problems but they seemingly include all the rest. They are under the headings of Marginalization, Assistance, Education and Employment, and Participation. PCL which speaks for the Pope and the entire Church observes that "the most painful...
September 14, 2020 Una sa tanan Daghang Salamat sa TDM Community, Sr. Tess, Sr. Maria Sherlita, imong family karon nia sila si Sir Jun, si Sara, si Myrna ug si Rosalie – imong mga igsoon, I am told that wala na intawon inyong mga ginikanan, sila...
Today, October 11 is Indigenous Peoples’ Sunday. Since October of 1978, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines spearheads the remembrance of the plight of our brothers and sisters who are indigenous. If the Catholic Church is universal, it is but just proper for her calling...
WHEN we truly have God’s love in our heart, no evil, no sin, no matter how grave, ugly and tempting, can scandalize us. With God’s love, we can manage to bear all this without compromising our sense of what is right and wrong. With God’s...
IT’S a question we should ask ourselves from time to time. We just cannot and should not end the day in any which way. There is actually a proper way to do it, and we should be aware that many are the ways that are...
CHRIST told us this very clearly. “Whoever loses his life for my sake, he is the one who will save it.” (Lk 9,24) We need to make some drastic adjustments in our attitudes and thinking to accommodate this truth of our faith as spoken plainly...
An excerpt or the homily or the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao and CBCP President during the Vocation Month Launching of the Archdiocese of Davao in St. Francis Xavier Regional Major Seminary of Mindanao, Catalunan Grande, Davao City, September 12, 2020....
Today, October 4, is the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, patron of ecologists. During his time, he lived in poverty and trusting in God’s providence. He cared for animals and plants and became an instrument for dialogue and reconciliation. Inspired by his example,...