“Unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven. You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, ‘You shall not kill; and whoever kills will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to...
I BELIEVE this is what many of us are fast realizing these days. With the multiplying things we have to attend to each day, we are pressured to learn how to orchestrate them if only to come out at the end of the day with...
AMID the complexities of our life today, we have to learn to stay humble and simple because that is the basic way to precisely handle these complexities well. When we are humble and simple we would know how to blend openness, tolerance and versatility on...
On February 22, the whole Church celebrates the Chair of St. Peter the Apostle. “The chair represents the authority of St. Peter and his successors: it expresses the unity of the Church founded on the Apostle Peter. This feast originated in the 4th century.” (Cf....
(An excerpt of the homily of the Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao and CBCP President, during the fiesta of the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Bangkal Davao City and World Day of the Sick, February 11, 2020.) Ang inyong pyesta dinhi sa...
Conversion or change of religion is not the aim of an authentic interreligious dialogue. In the Primer on Interreligious Dialogue consisting of proposals from the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Section A, Question 5, page 3, which I prepared for our archdiocese, we read this Question...
February is Pro-Life Month. On this month we give importance to life from the time of its conception in the womb until its end to the tomb. Abortion and mercy killing has no room on this area of preserving life, for life is precious no...
TO be sure, if we have to truly Christian, we need to be tough, really tough. Christ himself was tough, but with the toughness of love that goes all the way of assuming all the sins of men by offering his life on the cross....
THAT’S what Christ tells us about who we are and what we are supposed to do in this world. “You are the salt of the earth…You are the light of the world.” (cfr. Mt 5,13-16) He addressed these words to his disciples. And if we...
WE need to re-examine our spirit of fidelity because with all the rapid new developments around demanding us to be dynamic, open-minded and versatile in the way we live our commitments, it would be very easy for us to get confused and lost. Yes, to be...