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Crosshatching We voted and we lost. We congratulated the new President and his supporters, those we engaged in heated debates for months. We said we wish him the best, after all he is no longer just their…
Davao City — Presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte continued his tirades against the country’s dominant Roman Catholic Church after he earlier tagged it as “the most hypocritical institution” and accused some of its bishops of corruption. In a…
Peccatorial elitism feeds the intransigent, periodically resurgent support for restoring capital punishment in predominantly Christian Philippines. We stratify sinners, conveniently counting ourselves among the better offenders who may repeatedly excuse ourselves. The gallows for everyone else! Never…
WHILE incoming Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña was proud to announce his P50,000 bounty for every drug lord or any criminal killed “in a legal way” by policemen, barangay tanods and even civilians as a way to…
ENGINEERS are now evaluating what remains of the chapel of San Vicente Ferrer in Pitalo, San Fernando to determine if there is a need to rebuild the chapel or just renovate it. They visited the heritage chapel…
The pastoral letter issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) last Sunday should be heeded by Filipino voters regardless of one’s political or religious belief in light of the weighty burden of choosing the…
What once was a lonely voice in the pulpit against the surge of support for presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to eradicate crime through killings has echoed in the halls of the Church, as…
A leader of the Redemptorist community in Cebu has advised Roman Catholics to temporarily avoid receiving Holy Communion if they continue to support candidates who espouse violence as a means to resolve conflicts. In his homily during…
The early evening Good Friday drive back to the city from their old hometown was made memorable by a red moon rising from the hills. Blood-red orb peeking through the silhouette of coconut trees; it looked huge…
BE extensions of God’s love and mercy to others. This was the challenge of Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma to the Cebu clergy as he led the renewal of priestly vows at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral last Wednesday.…
THOUGH his joints ache and his legs aren’t as steady as before, Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu Ricardo Cardinal Vidal believes he still can serve the Lord in his own little ways. “It is not easy to be…
As a significant season in the Church’s Liturgical Calendar, Lent can best be viewed and appreciated through its emphasis on “pace.” This is set within, or even beyond (with adjustments as varying traditional ways of counting the…
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