Church urges faithful to join ‘heal the nation’ Edsa procession
Seminarians and different religious groups call for an end to drug-related killings during a candlelight vigil at the Christ the King Church in Quezon City, Oct. 6, 2017. ANGIE DE SILVA MANILA— A “heal the nation” campaign will see people take to the historic street of Edsa next month to pray for peace amid the spate of killings in the country. The “Lord Heal Our Land Sunday” on November 5 will start another month-long period of praying for victims of extrajudicial killings as a result of the government’s bloody anti-drug war. To launch the activity, Catholic bishops are inviting Catholics…
Speaker warns about valuing wifi more than purity
Prolife Philippines Board Member Peter Pardo gives a talk on teen sexuality and pornography to Mater Carmeli School-Novaliches (MCS) students, Sept. 28, 2017. NOVALICHES – During a symposium-seminar on teen sexuality and pornography on Sept. 28, a resource speaker emphasizes how today’s culture places a higher premium on digital connectivity than on sexual chastity. “We live in an era where losing one’s mobile phone or having a poor internet connection now seem to be more alarming than losing one’s purity,” said Prolife Philippines board member Peter Pardo. Speaking to 400 students at the MCS Auditorium, he discussed the shocking reality…
Priest on death penalty revival: ‘What message are we sending the youth?’
Jesuit Fr. Silvino Borres, Jr. (center), president of the Coalition Against the Death Penalty, presides over a Mass to mark the World Day Against the Death Penalty at the CBCP Chapel in Manila, Oct. 10, 2017. CBCPNews MANILA— The revival of the death penalty would risk sending the wrong message to society, especially the young people, a Catholic priest said. Jesuit Fr. Silvino Borres, Jr., president of the Coalition Against the Death Penalty (CADP), said that to have a civil society, the country must respect life, not demand death. “What kind of message are we telling our young people?” said…
Church exec tells Duterte to ‘shape up’
Various religious groups call for an end to drug-related killings during a candlelight vigil at the Christ the King Church in Quezon City, Oct. 6, 2017. ANGIE DE SILVA President Rodrigo Duterte has been told to “shape up” and improve his administration’s services to the people after his trust and satisfaction ratings suffered the steepest drop since he came to power last year. Father Jerome Secillano, executive secretary of the bishops’ Committee on Public Affairs, said that Duterte’s trust rating could drop further if the latter will not change his leadership style. “It will continue to go down unless he…
Being Right
Various groups rally at the Mendiola bridge in commemoration of the International Human Rights Day on December 10, 2016. — KJ ROSALES/PHILIPPINE STAR The problem with the Commission on Human Rights is that it was created out of a Kumbaya moment: people all very giddy after the 1986 mob uprising, with the flattering international attention it wrought. Yet, to paraphrase the saying: one politics in poetry but governs in prose. And in this case, the realities of governance finally came to a head as far as the CHR is concerned. To be frank, the CHR got away with its shtick…
Fr. Chito rescued from Maute captivity
MANILA— After being held hostage by terrorist gunmen for nearly four months, Fr. Teresito “Chito” Suganob has finally been rescued. Government security forces were recovered the priest along with another hostage near a mosque in Bato, Marawi City on Saturday night, Sept. 16. “He was rescued with another individual at about 11pm Saturday,” Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza told CBCPNews. Mr. Dureza would not release other details because military operations are still going on hoping to rescue other hostages. Suganob along with a number of civilians were abducted by the Islamic State-inspired Maute group last May 23 when…
Join us Uphold the Sanctity of Life
Dearest Brethren: Greetings of Peace! Prolife Philippines wishes to invite you to celebrate with us the sacrifice of the Holy Mass on the eve of the anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law on 20 September 2017 at 5:30pm at the Shrine of Our Lady of EDSA. This fellowship of the Mass seeks to amplify our common mission to uphold the sanctity of life and to defend it whenever there appears to be tendencies to place it in jeopardy through injustice, inhumanity and violence. The dark days of the dictatorship were a testimony to such an experience. We are praying…
Families urged: Speak out vs. dissolution of marriage bill
Posted by Nirva’ana Ella Delacruz | Aug 18, 2017 | Filipino families are urged to make their stand against House Bill 6027 public by contacting their congress men and women.RAYMOND BANDRIL MANILA – With the formal filing of House Bill 6027 legalizing the dissolution of marriages, families and couples are urged to be quick on the draw by speaking out on the issue in the public sphere. “Family and life groups, that is, married couples especially, should let their voice heard. Let their congress people know what they [couples] think about this issue… in the strongest possible way! …But without…
Drug war risks more minors getting killed, bishop warns
MANILA— More people, including the youth, could get killed if the government won’t change its hardline approach to stamping out illegal drugs in the country, a Catholic bishop has warned. Reacting to the killing of another teenager, Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan said more people could be killed because the government’s violent drug war is “naïve, seriously flawed, and needs serious evaluation and rethinking”. He said the killings of 19-year old Carlo Angelo Arnaiz, including that of 17-year old Kian Loyd delos Santos, are not isolated cases as claimed by police authorities. “If they don’t stop the killing, we’ll…
