Our first Archbishop was Most Rev. Clovis Thibault, P.M.E., D.D., followed by Most Rev. Antonio Ll. Mabutas, D.D. and Most Rev. Fernando R. Capalla, D.D. Last January, was the first death anniversary of Archbishop Fernando Capalla. A Bishop has a choice: to be buried in...
We are the only nation in the world that begins the year with two grand fiestas celebrating deep devotion and faith: the Feast of the Black Nazarene and the Santo Niño. These back-to-back celebrations draw millions of devotees, showcasing our unparalleled zeal and unity as...
After the May elections and after the House of Representatives and the Senate are re-organized, we will know what laws we will have in 2025. I hope the focus will be on economics. My fear, however, is that Congress might pivot and revive the Reproductive...
FAITH. In 2024, the Vatican made three (3) announcements regarding the Philippine Church. 1. The creation of the 87th diocese of Prosperidad, Agusan Del Sur. 2. CBCP President Bishop David became a cardinal. 3. Pope Francis sent a papal congratulatory message to the Archdiocese of...
During the November 9 Ecoland Sto. Niño GKK mass, Fr. Zaldy Abonales talked about Literature Nobel Prize winner Tagore who wrote about kindness. A king went to a beggar who thought the king will give him money. Instead, the king said, “Friend, give me food...
In the 1990s, my sala was the first Davao City Regional Trial Court to examine DNA evidence to prove the relationship between two (2) persons. A Japanese husband filed a case to annul his marriage to a Filipina. The husband attached voluminous DNA documents from...
Christmas giving, as explained by Portia in Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice," highlights the nature of mercy and kindness. "The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth like a gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath, it is twice blessed, it blessed...
A checklist will help in preparing for the Christmas office party. Do we have the money? If yes, agree now on the date. If not, it means the employees will give cash. This might spoil the Christmas spirit because the Christmas bonus goes back to...
A cycle is a period within which a sequence of regularly recurring events completes itself. “Apocalypse” is a Greek term meaning “disclosure” or “revelation”; in Christian theology, it refers to the last book of the New Testament, which describes the signs of the end of...
Some said my paper on the art of public speaking was too soft. Some even wrote what they really wanted to say but couldn’t because they could be fired. Some of their sayings, dripping with sarcasm, are as follows: 1. Class He was accepted into an...