The mystery why that Malaysian Airways plane just suddenly disappeared from the trackers’ radar screen may never be known soon. The difficult part is how to deal with the anxious, frantic and already angry relatives of those missing passengers. I recall when I was crisis...
What is it that makes us call beautiful those objects of our experience like images, paintings, faces, sculptured figures, buildings, flowers, music, etc.? Or,also those ideas, concepts, principles behavior, dance, drama, speech, etc? At first glance, what attract us, demand our attention, are the object’s...
Sumala sa nabalita ( PStar 2/18/14), “DSWD wants fathers to learn parenting skills.” “ the DSWD has distributed the Empowerment and Reaffirmation of Paternal Abilities Training (ERPAT) program manuals to local government units for implementation in their respective areas.” Maayo unta kung ang DepEd makahimo pod...
I will be in Yangon, capital of Myanmar (Burma) this weekend. I will be attending an international media conference there representing the Philippine Press Institute. This is interesting because the country is widely regarded as still represssive and a bit...
Is there such a thing? Impossible!, many will say. Is it a contradiction? No. It's just something contrary, not really contradictory. What is really contradictory to Beauty is non-beauty, the denial or non existence of the thing we call beautiful. Likewise non-ugliness is a contradiction to...
It calls my attention how Pope Francis puts emphasis on ecclesial communion in his address to members of the Neocatechumenal Way (published in DCH last Sunday). His first recommendation was “to take the greatest care to build and preserve the communion within the particular Churches...
Ania na usab kita niining bililhong panahon sa Kwaresma. Kini ang atong panaw sa pagpangandam alang sa Pasko sa Pagkabanahaw. Magsugod sa Mierkoles sa Badlis ug molungtad hangtod sa Huwebes Santo sa buntag. Dayag kaayo nga panahon kini sa grasya alang sa katawhan sa Dios,...
God did not create sin or evil in the world. Man has the free faculty to choose either good or evil. Evil is like the absence of good, that is, something negative. In the Bible, the last book talks about the eternal...
We remember the millions of Filipinos working abroad and the tens of millions they have left behind. The fruits of their labor have benefited not only their families and loved ones economically, but also have provided countless jobs in the domestic industries that cater to...
Dear Nina Estrella Yap, Sorry for our delayed reply to your query on what your friend should do with the pastor instructing their members to burn sacred images. Let us recall our catechism: “The honor paid to sacred images is a respectful veneration, not the adoration due...
