I. Introduction Social Media is very volatile. It has been continuously morphing as frequently as the changes in technology. During the last ten years, the progress in technology that carries social media has been as aggressive as the venture capitalists that fund them. Human behavior or natural human…
Back to CBCP Pastoral Guidelines on the Use of Social Media Algorithm An algorithm is a set of formulas developed for a computer to perform a certain function. This is important in the social sphere as the algorithms sites like Facebook and Google use are critical for developing content promotion strategies.…
Back to CBCP Pastoral Guidelines on the Use of Social Media (Note: Some contents of these sites have been fed to social media carrying fake or unverified contents. The pages in social media that are maintained by trolls and bots are not included in this list. They are too many and…
‘Just as in the early Church the blood of the martyrs was the seed of new Christians, so in our own day may the blood of so many martyrs be a seed of unity between believers, a sign and instrument of a future of communion and peace’ JANUARY 27, 2017…
Dear Catholic Faithful We write this pastoral letter to you with an eye to our celebration of the 500th year of the coming of Christianity to our shores. By 2021 the Christian faith shall have arrived in our shores for half a millennium already. For a long time we have…
By the Christian Family Movement of the Philippines On Critical Issues Affecting Family and Life in the Philippines The Officers and Members of the Christian Family Movement of the Philippines, in observance of its 60th year anniversary, do hereby renew and reaffirm our commitment to the core values that…
The Gospel of the Lord Jesus is the Gospel of Life. It is this Gospel we must preach. It is this Gospel that we must uphold. We therefore unequivocally oppose proposals and moves to return the death penalty into the Philippine legal system. We took a considerable stride in the…
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines implores Congress of the Philippines to keep in tact the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act, especially as regards the age of criminal liability. We are therefore opposed to lowering the age of criminal liability. The purpose of the law is laudable, its present…
“I AM A SINNER,” Pope Francis replied when asked if he would accept his election as pontiff, “But I trust in the infinite mercy and patience of our Lord Jesus Christ, and I accept in a spirit of Penance.” In a separate conversation with Fr. Antonio Spadoro, SJ, published in…
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