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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
Pope Francis’ visit to Leyte, where he celebrated outdoor Mass in the rain than got him soaked, was held up as an example of humility, during yesterday’s pontifical Mass for the feast day of the Sto. Niño…
Devotees of the Child Jesus endured the showers to attend both the fluvial procession and reenactment of the first Mass at the Basilica del Sto. Niño. They joined the foot procession from St. Joseph Shrine in Mandaue…
Pope Francis has finally arrived in the Philippines, the start of what is expected to be an unprecedented “national fiesta”. He is called many names: the people’s pope, rock star pope, a radical pope, pope of surprises.…
Pope Francis’ searing critique of the Curia, the Italian-dominated civil service in the Vatican, as reported by the British daily The Guardian, was met with tepid applause and a few smiling faces when he delivered it last…
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