WITH all the toxic environment we are having these days, especially in the area of politics, and most especially when some political characters recklessly comment on religious topics, to get angry is a very likely reaction we all can have. We just have to be wary...
The Church recognizes our mission of peace in the continuing spiritual battle when our people experience hurting words from people in authority. "Our enemies are not fellow human beings...
July 7, 2018 Welcome to our 117th Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines! It is my pleasure to welcome the new bishops, our new members of the Conference – five (5) recently ordained, Bishop Abel Apigo, the new Bishop of Mati; Bishop Bartolome...
In my homilies and talks I used to recall the words of Fr. San Juan SJ that there are two ways of considering or reflecting on suffering. One way is to consider it as a problem; the other way is to see it as a...
IF need be, we have to make a shout-out of this word if only for everyone to follow this clear commandment of Christ: “Forgive and you shall be forgiven.” (Lk 6,37) He reiterated this injunction when he said: “For if you will forgive men their...
WE really should know who we really are and what our real purpose in life is. To be sure, we are not just our own name, with so many distinguishing marks attached to it. We are not just someone who was born into such and such...
WE need to examine how our attitude is towards death which is unavoidable in our life here on earth. It’s, of course, a worthwhile exercise because many of us today have a wrong understanding of death that would lead us to unnecessary fears. Also, the...
WE can presume that everything that we do is done in the name of love. We do it because there is something good that we can derive from it. That’s the way we are made. We are oriented always towards the good. We try to...
The message of no less than the Archbishop of Davao and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), Most Rev. Romulo G. Valles, D.D., on comments about the faith of the Church and the teachings from the Bible is a reassuring exhortation...
If my memory doesn't fail me these words between quotation marks are from the famous English writer and poet William Shakespeare. He was right. There were people in his day who knew very little about topic or issue but talk or wrote proudly about it as...