Hoping for good weather, organizers offer eggs, prayers

07/31/2015

For organizers of the weekend’s  Cobra Ironman 70.3 Philippines, the weather come race day will be a crucial factor for the success of the event. Bad weather can pose safety issues and could even  lead to the…

INC expels mother, brother of Executive Minister Eduardo Manalo

07/23/2015

The mother and brother of Eduardo Manalo, executive minister of Iglesia ni Cristo, have been expelled from their church for sowing disunity, an official said on Thursday. “Masakit man sa loob ng kapatid na Eduardo Manalo ay…

Cebuanos urged to register as IEC delegates

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/24/2015

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has encouraged Cebuanos to register as delegates for the International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) that will be held in Cebu City on Jan. 24 to 31, 2016. Those who will register before November will…

Painting one’s faith

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/17/2015

Since he was a child, Mark Lloyd Belicario loved to paint. However, his father didn’t think it was practical. “Papa didn’t want me to pursue painting because, according to him, I won’t get anywhere with that,” Belicario…

For good

Isabel Baccay 05/17/2015

We have all been to that awful place. It’s that place where overwhelming crisis and teeming problems vie for our attention.  It can be a massive work problem, a health issue, a family dispute or a financial…

8,000 join Kaplag opening salvo

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/20/2015

Juan Felix Go, 75, couldn’t hear any sound at all as he was diagnosed with hereditary deafness –  a rare condition passed down from parents to their children – 30 years ago. But Go’s faith is too…

Treading on roses

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 04/12/2015

That sunny morning, having come out of a bookshop, I passed by a young woman by the entrance of a car park selling plants. She had before her about four or five flowerpots. One held a lush…

Carosa and faith

Raymund Fernandez 04/05/2015

How even to spell it? Carosa or carroza? The proper Spanish lost to us, we in Dumanjug always just call it “carro”, that ubiquitous carrier, carriage, or chariot, of a variety of religious icons once or twice…

Ex-guard finds calling as faith healer

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/05/2015

People of all walks of life come looking for a former security guard, who  has established a reputation as a Catholic faith healer in his hometown of Minglanilla in  south Cebu. Fifty-year-old Juan Paraiso  has been a…

No dogs allowed

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 03/08/2015

At the end of a Mass that we attended, the lector announced that churchgoers should not bring their dogs with them into church.  The prohibition seemed reasonable, and I knew why it came about. We had seen…

Citing Pope, raps dropped against rowdy American

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/21/2015

Three arrested for mocking Sto. Niño procession   Charges were dropped against an American, his Filipina wife and a companion who were arrested for shouting mocking words during the Sto. Niño procession in Cebu City last Saturday.…

Of tolerance and respect

01/19/2015

As Pope Francis leaves the country today, he leaves the Filipinos, most of whom are Catholics, messages of love, faith, tolerance, respect and justice. As shown by his visit to an orphanage in Manila and his lunch…

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