OFF TO ROME --- I got word from Businessman Nilo Claudio (one of the so-called "Nanding Boys") that Archbishop Emeritus Nanding Capalla is on his way to Rome to join some priests in a concelebrated Mass with Pope Francis sometime within the next week or...
The scene opens with a schoolboy running into a dark forlorn building. Outside there is a brewing thunderstorm that sends stray gusts of wind violently shaking the dark weather-worn leafless gnarled trees that miraculously survive in such a desolate and dry school grounds. A stern-looking, unfeeling...
Ang gipangandam karon natong mga katoliko sa tibuok kapupud-an, nga PAGTUGYAN UG PAGHALAD SA PUTLING KASINGKASING NI MARIA, usa ka talagsaon ug mahinungdanong kalihokan nining TUIG SA PAGTOO. Pagahitaboon kini sa Sabado, Hunyo 8, 2013 sa kapistahan mismo sa Putling Kasingkasing ni Maria. Mao kini ang...
WE need to be more aware of this particular aspect of our life. We need to live a life of penance for the simple reason that in spite of our best intentions and efforts, we will always be harassed by our own weaknesses, mistakes and...
The title above was from the original Latin of ancient Christian religious writers, from the original phrase Sanguis Martyrum Semen Christianitatis (translate: Blood of martyrs, seed of Christianity). The martyrs’ blood of people who stood for their Christian faith, as the blood fell to the earth, it...
(Part 1 of 2) On 25 May 2013 at 7am in the private chapel of Sancta Martha papal residence inside the Vatican I said Mass with Pope Francis. Also concelebrating with me was Cardinal Cachavillan, former secretary at the papal nunciature in Manila in the mid-1960's...
"Giving doesn’t empty one’s resources, but provides room for refilling." No matter the abundance of resources, when people do not know how to share, there will always be an atmosphere of lack. But no matter the scarcity, when people begin to be selfless, there will be...
“God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7). Fear is not bad per se. There are positive fears such as the holy fear and self-preserving fear. Example of a holy fear is...
Are we a quarrelsome nation? We killed Taiwanese in two incidents: the recent machine gun firing at a fishing boat and the previous Luneta bus hostage incident. We also quarrelled with China on the territorial disputes. We quarreled with Malaysia for the maltreatment of the...
Q. Is the FLA necessary. A. Yes. It is an important junction of the Church. Q. What is its role in the parish. A. There are weddings every week. The process is 1) The Cura Paroko interviews the couple 2) If approved, attends the pre cana...
