Mary’s intercessory role as channel of all graces coming from God has withstood the test of time and there are several Churches with the title of Mary Mediatrix of All Grace as patroness. The Philippines is also launching the Movement for the Dogmatic definition of...
If there's anything that should elicit the strongest passion in us, it should be the desire to be like God. This simply corresponds to God's greatest commandment as articulated by Christ himself: “You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with...
Already during Spanish times when most people spoke, or at least understood, the Spanish language, varied Marian devotional forms were already an essential aspect of Filipino life and culture. Such was the love of Filipinos for the mother of Jesus that our people was rightly...
Madasigon nga giatubang ni Yanong Muloy ang mga opisyales og miyembro sa San Roque GKK (Calinan) atol sa ika-50 niini ka kasumaran niadtong Agosto. Matud niya, ang maong kasaulogan usa ka pagpadayag sa pagtoo sa katilingban ug nga kini dili lang sa katigulangan nga maoy naghago...
On behalf of the Convenor Bishops, of the Movement for the Dogmatic definition of Mary’s universal mediation of Grace, namely: Ricardo Cardinal Vidal (Cebu), Abp. Jose Palma (Cebu), Abp. Angel Lagdameo (Jaro), and Bp. Camilo Gregorio (Batanes), Bp. Jose Colin Bagaforo, Bp. Antonio Rañola (Cebu),...
Deep down the mystifying intricacies and knotty complexities of this earthly life, amid the seductive, sinful allurements of the modern times, lies the deep craving of the human heart for the truth. This inner yearning may surface as one confronts and rises from the inescapable...
“Without priests the Church would not be able to live that fundamental obedience which is at the very heart of her existence and her mission in history, an obedience in response to the command of Christ: ‘Go therefore and make disciples of all nations’” (PDV,...
Ang uban dili motuo sa Immaculate Conception og Assumption of Mary tungod kay kini wala kuno mabasa sa Bibliya. Ang Bibliya nagmatuod nga dunay mga kamatuoran o misteryo sa Diyos nga wala mahasulat sa Bibliya apan atong mahibaloan pinaagi sa atong Simbahan. Si San Pedro...
I am referring to the cross. More specifically, the cross of Christ. It is the tree that symbolizes all our sinfulness and all its awful effects and consequences, as well as our own salvation, that is, if we look at it the way Christ did. The...
(Last week August 19, I visited my friend Archbishop Emeritus Soter Fernandez of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. For several years we were involved in many affairs of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences. He is now 85. He gave me this paper with a big smile!) ****** I...