In our previous Shalom column we asked the question, How then can religious faith and culture lived in communities help bring about fundamental change? More specifically, how can the many faith communities, which are culturally different in the teachings and practices of their respective...
THE Catechism of the Catholic Church has a section that talks about the Old Law and the New Law. It’s an interesting section that, to me, deserves to be known by everyone. For sure, that section, which is located in the division about Christian morality,...
Catholics make the sign of the Cross, a gesture that means so much – security, sacrifice and salvation. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI says, “by signing ourselves with the cross, we place ourselves under the protection of the Cross, hold it in front of us like a...
Last September 7, 2013, the first Saturday of September, we joined Pope Francis in the worldwide prayer, fasting and penance for world peace especially Syria. It was a powerful witness to the whole world, of the nature of the Church - a community...
Nada te turbe, nada te espante, todo se pasa, Dios no se muda. Quien a Dios tiene, nada le falta, Solo Dios basta (translated: Let nothing disturb you or frighten you. Everything is transitory, only God is unchanging. He who possesses God...
Daghang mga naguba nga mga tulay, kalsada, dikes, ug mga eskwelahan sa nagkalain-laing dapit. Kinahanglan nga kini ayohon dayon. Busa ang pork barrel nga P25...
Director’s Message It is always better count our blessings than become paralyzed by the wishes and wants that do not yet happen to us. The Davao Catholic Herald, Asia’s longest-running Catholic newspaper is yet far from being the ideal medium of communication. Yet, these past few months...
Bisag Unsa Sa mga simbahan dunay mga karatula: “Be Honest . . .” ug “Dress modestly”. Sa ubang mga dapit nga saba, hugaw, sagbot, ug lain ang mga baho, gi-kinahanglan dunay mga karatula, sulat o pahibalo nga magsogyot niining mosunod: 1. Ayaw ninyo ilabay sa canal,...
If you are not an emergency patient, a hospital can turn you away if it has no free beds or if it cannot deal with your condition. But no hospital may refuse to admit you because of your race, religion, or national origin. Nor it...
I began encoding this column last Sunday evening, August 25. I finished it at the Davao International Airport the following morning of August 26, the beginning of the “Million People March to Luneta”. When through social media the urgent call to a massive demo against the...
