Message of ECSC Chair, Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara for World Communications Day
Group says 23 Filipinos, including 4 kids, die daily not due to diseases but simply because motorists don’t want to slow down
Besides pneumonia and dengue, there’s a leading child-killer in the Philippines that is not an illness and can easily be prevented if only Filipinos, particularly motorists, would take to heart one simple move: slowing down. Motorists would be able to save daily the lives of 23 Filipinos including four children,…
Manipesto Ng Lakbay Buhay
Pahayag Ng Mga Tagabuo Ng Kampanya At Manlalakbay Sa darating na Mayo 04 2017, magsisimulang maglakbay sa loob ng dalawampu’t isang (21) araw sa iba’t ibang probinsya ng bansa ang labindalawang (12) manlalakbay na representante ng mga magsasaka, katutubo, manggagawa, maralitang lungsod at iba pang batayang sektor ng lipunan. Sisikapan…
Overview of the Prospects of the Death Penalty Bill in the Senate
By PAKISAMA, 7 May 2017 The death penalty bill is one of the priority measures of President Rodrigo Duterte. The House of Representatives passed its version of the bill reimposing the death penalty on third and final reading on March 7, 2017 by a vote of 217-54 with one abstention, senators…
Invitation to National Youth Conference
Ref. No.: 2017-04-007 April 25, 2017 His Excellency Most. Rev. BRODERICK S. PABILLO, D.D. Chairman EPISCOPAL COMMISSION ON LAITY (ECL) 2/F Laiko Building, 372 Cabildo Street Intramuros, Manila Your Excellency, The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila and our community, The Lord’s Flock, is sponsoring a big gathering of the youth…
When the Rule of Law Fails
Fr. Shay Cullen 5 May 2017 It was by doing the right thing and alerting the police that a person with knowledge and commitment to defending children’s rights saved a 13-year-old child from possible rape and sexual abuse. The concerned person saw a 69-year-old foreign male bring a small child…
A Date With Ignatius Recollection Series 2017: Mary and the Christian Family
A dead archbishop’s commencement speech
By: Eleanor R. Dionisio – @inquirerdotnet 12:04 AM March 22, 2017 The address I remember best from my college graduation was from a man who had been dead five days. Archbishop Óscar Romero of San Salvador was assassinated while saying Mass on March 24, 1980. On Feb. 17, he had…
Light & Shadow: The Duterte Administration from the Perspective of Catholic Social Teaching
The following is the result of a running assessment of the John J. Carroll Institute on Church and Social Issues of the Duterte administration from the perspective of eight principles of Catholic social teaching (CST) identified by the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines (PCP-II). It looks into 21 thematic…
PLDT Labor Group Lauds DOLE Secretary Bello’s Announcement on Findings of Contractualization in PLDT
The Philippine Government now speaks of what is happening in the country’s labor front. Mandaluyong City, April 29th, 2017 – The PLDT Rank & File Union, Manggagawa sa Komunikasyon ng Pilipinas (MKP) expressed its appreciation of Secretary Bello’s declaration on the findings of the Special Assessment or Visit to Establishment…