PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday claimed that her goal to heal the wounds of the past EDSA “people power” uprisings have been met, at least partially. EDSA or Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, was the site of two peaceful uprisings that ousted presidents Ferdinand Marcos and Joseph Estrada. The first uprising in 1986 swept into [...]
FATHER Robert Reyes, dubbed the “running priest” for his penchant to run to show his stand on issues, said there are steps that people can take to keep the spirit of the 1986 EDSA “people power” uprising alive. He said people could practice “5 Rs”—remembrance, repetition, reflection, renewal and realization of its lessons, values and [...]
ARCHBISHOP Ramon Arguelles of Lipa and Bishop Vicente Navarra of Bacolod have resigned from the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) after announcing their support for a presidential candidate and his political party. “I received a note saying Bishop Navarra made a stand for JC [John Carlos de los Reyes] and the Ang Kapatiran [...]
AS government officials failed to provide ways to ease the effects of the El Niño phenomenon in remote provinces, Catholics in the province of Basilan and in the islands in the Visayas decided to resort to prayers for rain. Basilan Bishop Martin Jumoad of the Prelature of Isabela said members of a parish in his [...]
THE Presidential Palace on Thursday told Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral to consult the Cabinet before changing government health policies, like on family planning methods. Deputy presidential spokesman Ricardo Saludo, who holds the rank of undersecretary, said he told Cabral about the need to clear any move that may be seen as a change in presidential [...]
THE National Statistics Office revealed that the trend in teen marriages has been declining from 2002 to 2006. NSO’s latest report on teen marriages indicate that out of the 492,666 reported total marriages in 2006, 83,796 or 17 percent were teenage marriages. Teenagers refer to persons under 20. Of the total teenage marriages, the NSO [...]
THE Holy See’s press office released on Wednesday the full contents of a letter from the Pope to the president of the Brazilian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha, on the occasion of the Campaign for Ecumenical Brotherhood. Pope Benedict praised the initiative and asked participants to “unite their forces to reconcile people with [...]
THE Spanish Senate voted Wednesday to pass the Socialist government’s new law on abortion. The decision will allow women over the age of 16 to obtain the procedure up until the 14th week of pregnancy. The new law, which will go into effect in four months, was passed by a vote of 132-126. Members of [...]
A SYDNEY judge has condemned the vow of chastity as a “cruel requirement” as he sentenced a Catholic priest to at least six months in jail for grooming a girl for sex. The parish priest was arrested last August when he went to the Parramatta Stadium car park to meet a person he believed was [...]
THE general secretary of Mexico’s Legionaries of Christ asked for forgiveness from the people who were harmed by the “immoral actions” of the order’s founder, Father Marcial Maciel. “We ask forgiveness because we are sincerely sorry for what the church and people have suffered,” Father Evaristo Sada told an audience during the Youth and Family [...]
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