by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Feb 22, 2017 / 04:32 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday Pope Francis said creation has often suffered because of humanity’s sins and failings, stressing that we must take care of it because as Christians, we see signs of hope in Christ’s Resurrection in nature every day.…
Father Shay Cullen 17 February 2017 The Philippine congress is debating to lower the minimum age of criminal liability from 15 years of age to nine years. Those promoting the change in the law say children are criminals and are being used by drug syndicates to commit crimes because they…
Dear Mr. President Rodrigo Duterte, Senator Aquilino Pimentel- Chairman , Senator Manny Pacquiao- Commission on Environment, and the members of the Commission on Appointments: May the Powerful One from above embrace you! Save Sierra Madre Network Alliance Inc. (SSMNAI), a network alliance of more than 70 groups involved with environmental…
MANILA, Philippines – Some Filipino Catholics participate in the Walk for Life, a grand procession versus extra-judicial killings and the death penalty, It is set from 4:30 to 8 am on Saturday at the Quirino Grandstand Parade Ground in Manila. President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)…
Pahayag ni Kardinal Tagle Hinggil sa Parusang Kamatayan Para sa mga Katolikong Mananampalataya ng Arkidiyosesis ng Maynila (na binubuo ng mga lungsod ng Maynila, Makati, Mandaluyong, Pasay, and San Juan) Mga minamahal na kapatid kay Hesukristo, Sumainyo ang kapayapaan! Muli na namang hinaharap ng ating bansa ang isyu ng parusang…
THE WEDNESDAY FORUM c/o UCCP Cosmopolitan Church, 1368 Taft Avenue, Manila 11 February 2017 Dear Colleagues and Friends, The Wednesday Forum (TWF) invites you all to attend a discussion on: “Martial Law, People Power, etc, Then and Now” Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile Featured Speaker Mr. Rey Claro Casambre…
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 12:14 AM February 09, 2017 Taken at face value I do appreciate the words of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno who said, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the 1987 Constitution, that it is “more than a statement of principles and a collection of…
If I must choose between going to hell with President Duterte in pursuit of the war on drugs in the Philippines or going to heaven with Abp. Soc Villegas because neither he nor any of the Catholic Bishops of the Philippines “find pleasure in the death of anyone who dies”…
PMPI Statement GPH-NDFP Peace Table 8 February 2017 Go back to the Negotiating Table Enter into a Bilateral Ceasefire Listen to Victims of War and other Peace stakeholders in the Negotiation Process Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte during his late-night press-con this week withdrew from the peace talks with the…
NEWS RELEASE Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) February 8, 2017 “Total War” will only fuel armed struggle Government’s declaration of “total war” against the NPA yesterday is misguided and imprudent as it was launched without a formal termination of the ongoing peace talks from the GRP and NDFP.…
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