Poll suspension rumors alarm Philippine bishops

Halting scheduled congressional elections in push toward federalism could give birth to dictatorship, they say Joe Torres, UCAN News Manila Philippines January 5, 2018 The possibility of congressional elections not being held in the Philippines next year has sparked alarm among Catholic Church leaders who warned their cancellation could lead to…

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An Open Letter to Our Catholic Bishops

To our beloved Bishops: The “Federalism” being sold to the Filipino people is pseudo-federalism or “reverse federalism” or “inverted federalism” which is actually “Balkanization (breaking-up of the Philippines) In Disguise”. Genuine federalism has a pre-requesite – the pre-existence of states or nations, independent of each other – before federalism can…

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We Must Tell Our Sins

Full Text of the General Audience Speech: On the Penitential Rite   January 3, 2018 Zenit Staff General Audience This morning’s General Audience, the first of the year 2018, was held at 9:25 in Paul VI Hall, where the Holy Father Francis met with groups of pilgrims and faithful from…

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Let us Fix Our Gaze on Her

Angelus Address: On the Solemnity of the Mother of God and the World Day of Peace “Let us Fix Our Gaze on Her, to Take Up Again, Under Her Maternal Protection, the Journey along the Paths of Time”   January 1, 2018 Virginia Forrester Angelus/Regina Caeli Vatican City, January 1,…

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