As is by now well known, by his Apostolic Letter ‘Humanam Progressionem’ in the form of a Motu Proprio of 17 August 2016, the Holy Father Pope Francis announced the creation of a new ‘Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development’. This new Dicastery is the result of a fusion of…
*Prepared by: Renato ‘Ka Rene” Magtubo, Spokesperson, Nagkaisa! Labor Coalition; National Chairperson, Partido Manggagawa (PM); Co-Chair for Labor, Church-Labor Conference (CLC); and member, Technical Executive Committee of the National Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (NTIPC). This reaction paper is based on the following premises: Labor contracting or subcontracting in its various…
Circular No. 17-07 March 17, 2017 To All The Bishops and The Diocesan Administrators Your Eminences, Your Excellencies & Reverend Administrators, RE: AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED At the Permanent Council meeting last March 13, 2017, the body approved the request of the AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED…
Engr. Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada March 13, 2017 “We must understand a thing so that we may shape it. If we don’t, the thing will shape us”. – Anonymous What is the National Broadband Network (NBN) It is best to explain the NBN with an analogy to something that most of…
Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte has identified oil palm development as one of the key industries that, according to him, could boost the country’s economy. He has indicated both Palawan and Mindanao as the new frontiers for oil palm expansion. The former is also known as the ‘last frontier’ for its dense forest…
by Andrew Lim Posted by The Society of Honor on March 8, 2017 When ancient man figured out that living in groups, specially large ones was more advantageous, he quickly learned how to make a deal- get something by giving up another. The deal could be between two entities: a modus vivendi, or internally,…
“The Bread and the Body, the Wine and the Blood” Was the Focus of Morning Meditation During Course of Spiritual Exercises for Pope and Roman Curia What is our relation with food? Around the supper, do we Christians find unity or are we divided? By shedding His Blood, did Jesus…
Here is the Vatican-provided text of the discourse delivered yesterday, March 1, 2017, by Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, to the 34th Session of the Human Rights Council, Biennial High-Level Panel on “The Death Penalty:” Statement…
Press Statement Office of Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto 05 March 2017 In this divided nation, there will be disagreements on certain conclusions in the US State Department’s human rights report on the Philippines. There should be no discord, however, on one passage in the report, which is true…
House of Representatives set for final reading on legislation that could re-impose the death penalty UCAN/ Joe Torres, Manila Phili[pines, March 6, 2017 Philippine Catholic bishops expressed hope that members of the country’s Lower House will not support the passage of a law that will punish drug-related offenses with death.…
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