December 14, 2018 The Philippine Bible Society (PBS) has selected “The Bible: Real Talk” as the theme for 2019’s National Bible Month (NBM) celebration. The official hashtags for the month-long festivities are #TheBibleRealTalk and #NBM2019. Psalm 19:7-8 and 2 Timothy 3:14-17 serve as our reference verses. National Bible Month will…
“Hope where there is no Hope” At the opening of 9th Kairos Palestine anniversary Conference on December 6, 2018. And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I make all things new.” And he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.” (Rev. 21:5) On…
The proposed New Centennial Water Source – Kaliwa Dam Project (NCWS – KDP) is a threat and perhaps a disaster waiting to happen to Quezon province and some parts of Rizal province that might even annihilate the Dumagats and Remontado tribal people living in the Sierra Madre mountain ranges. The…
In Message to International Conference, Pontiff Makes Urgent Appeal to those with Institutional Responsibilities December 10, 2018 18:47 Deborah Castellano Lubov “Human rights must at the center of all policies,” Pope Francis demands, “even when it means going against the grain.” The Supreme Roman Pontiff stressed this in “an urgent…
Manila, Philippines, 11 December 2018. – A day after International Human Rights Day, the landmark investigation looking into the responsibility of 47 coal, oil, gas and cement companies for human rights violations suffered by the Filipino people, is back home in the Philippines to conclude in a two-day hearing with…
Does Duterte really want some Catholic bishops killed? Wishing the death of certain persons you hate is normal for some people although it is admittedly a disordered human emotion. But when the powerful president of a nation publicly expresses his private wish at an official function at his seat of…
November 29, 2018 The unabating tirades of President Duterte against the Catholic Church, the Bishops and the clergy, especially those directed against the former President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas, and lately, on the CBCP Vice President and Bishop of the Diocese…
A Statement of Gratitude It is with great joy and deepest gratitude that we, in the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), receive the good news that, after 117 years, the three Bells of Balangiga shall now be returned to their rightful place in the Parish of St. Lawrence,…
Around 40 farmers/ fisherfolks from Sicogon Islands in Iloilo hold a camp-out protest in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform Central Office as part of their “Reclaiming the land, water and livelihood rights of Yolanda survivors in Sicogon Island” campaign, demanding the Issuance of a Cease and Desist Order…
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