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Holy Saturday being Social Climate’s annual day off, my Holy Week column is always the Saturday after. Last year’s “The religiosity of Filipinos” (4/23/22) looked into “hard” versus “soft” belief in God, and into beliefs in the…
CEBU CITY, Philippines— Yogi and actress Maxene Magalona shared a simple message on how she found peace in an Instagram post on Saturday, April 8. In her post Maxene, shared a short yoga flow with the caption,…
The story is told about a 4-year-old boy who was excited to go to the beach and kept asking: “Dad, are we there yet?” After so many times saying that they will be there soon, the father…
Someone commented that if instead of the three wise men, we had three wise women, then they would have asked for directions, they would have arrived on time to help deliver the baby Jesus, they would have…
There are many versions of Christmas. Because I am Christian and Catholic, I may think that there is only one way to look at and understand Christmas. But every time I spend Christmas outside the Philippines, I…
Years ago, a lady approached me after my Holy Thursday recollection, telling me how happy she was that she attended it. I asked what touched her most from the talk. There were a lot of nice points…
Some years ago, during our annual 13-kilometer Walk with God to Manaoag, a couple asked me to bless their little baby who was very sick. They were carrying the child to the shrine to beg for his…
I was sure Fr. Tristan Ferrera, SVD, our missionary awaiting deployment to Kenya, was not in his room. I saw him off yesterday afternoon for his home visit. That evening, I saw his lights were on. Maybe…
I’m writing this on the first Sunday of Advent, the time when the Church officially starts preparing for the Christmas season. I say officially because, for us in the Philippines, we start our countdown for the next…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City incoming Mayor Edgardo Labella will be taking oath as the city’s top executive on Sunday, June 30, and the first time mayor is already preparing for his assumption. Labella said that…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Only God knows who Police Captain Delfin Bontuyan was. This was the message of Reverend Fr. Eduardo Villaluna to the hundreds of friends and relatives who attended the slain cop’s Requiem Mass at…
The beauty of Easter Sunday is that it’s a different experience for everyone all over the world. As a dominantly Catholic nation, the Philippines celebrates the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday. Although mentioned once in the…
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