Excerpts of the Homily of Most Rev. Romulo Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao during the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception and Fiesta of the University of the Immaculate Conception, San Pedro Cathedral, December 8, 2019. What is this fiesta? Today, the whole Catholic community celebrates the feast...
Yes, it is. The correct way is "Bishops, Priests, Consecrated Women and Men, and Lay Faithful", or, "Bishops, Priests, Consecrated Persons, and Lay Faithful". By using "consecrated women and men" or "consecrated persons", all persons with solemn vows are included, not just the Religious. According to...
I JUST find it extremely unbelievable that some women, in justifying their so-called right to abort their babies, would say, “It’s my own body,” as if to say it’s none of your business to meddle in their choices. So, back off! I don’t know exactly what...
WE should always be wary of the usual conflict between our body and soul, and be ready to resolve it as quickly as possible so that the ideal unity of life can be achieved even as we go through the different situations of our life. Christ...
IN reaching out to those who are still far from the Church, those who are even hostile to it, those in the peripheries, etc., as we should, following the example and command of Christ, a most basic and commonsensical principle to follow is that we...
THAT’S one thing we should always bear in mind whenever we are assailed by evil in any form it may come. It always has to refer to something true and good which it tries to twist, distort or outrightly deny. It cannot stand on its...
The Philippines is the only nation in Asia observing the Misa De Gallo. Misa means Mass or Celebration of the Eucharist. Gallo is rooster in Spanish. The rooster starts crowing loudly at around 4:30 am everyday. Because the faithful wake up at dawn to participate...
Peace! We continue to be in unity with the efforts of the entire Church to address the evil and pain inflicted by the sexual abuses committed against minors and vulnerable adults in our Christian communities. This is shameful and painful all the more because many...
For abruptly swallowing at lunch a Cebuano-mayamaya-but-Ilonggo-pezugo fish bone while taking in spoons of brownish soup last Sunday December 01. Because of the soup's color I did not see it. But I did feel the irritance as it entered. I thought it would be drained...
Tokyo Dome vibrated to the cheers of 50,000 people who were waving their little flags of Japan, the Vatican and Argentina to welcome Pope Francis. The two huge LED screens visibly projected how emotional the Pope was to see the joy and fervor of the...