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The cardinal is visiting our chapel. Wear your best clothes. These were mother’s instructions. It was late in the 1980s and Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal was to spend time with the community of the chapel of…
The Archdiocese of Cebu has intervened into the reported dispute involving a Lapu-Lapu City priest and five of his parishioners. Msgr. Joseph Tan, archdiocesan spokesperson, said they have invited Fr. Bernard Corpuz, parish priest of the…
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings,” the fate of many realms threatened by the dark lord Sauron rested on their able defense by the bravest of men and elves. In “Two Towers” as interpreted by director…
We talked about the previous day’s flooded streets after a six-hour downpour. When he heard the early morning news of deluged manholes and waterlogged thoroughfares, he decided to forgo driving and to just stay home. He returned…
Without God,” Fyodor Dostoevsky once said, “everything is possible.” This is not just a reversal of the truism that with God everything is possible. Dostoevsky, a former radical and atheist who later converted to Christianity, was actually…
In the beginning was the Word; and creation was spoken into being: sun and moon, planets and comets, ocean and rain, animals and avians, fish and fowl, trees and crawlies, flowers and fruits, man and woman. In…
Father? Are you a righty, lefty or fronty?” Sam asked. “Fronty?” That was the first time I heard the word. “Yeah, Father.” “I’m more of a righty, Sam. But I use my left to cut meat, and…
The back-to-back news of young people committing suicide — while utilizing Facebook as a tool to tell the world of what they are about to do — had me awake until the wee hours of the morning…
It is quite common for people to slow down when they catch their own reflections. One doesn’t seem to waste the opportunity, regardless of what reflecting medium they may be in front of, to check if his…
Eldest Sister could tell a story. Whenever a cousin came to visit, she would sit with Eldest Sister for a storytelling session, and they would stay up well into the night. Of course, all of us love…
People go on pilgrimage to the holy places and miracle sites of their religion. To go on an inter-faith pilgrimage is a rarity and this was what Prof. Henry Francis Espiritu, philosophy teacher of UP Cebu did.…
A common expression, especially among Filipino youth, is “feel ko lang.” It is their usual response when they are invited to something or asked about what they plan to do. Loosely translated, it can mean “as I…
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