Pope Francis’s over-the-top reception in the #Philippines
Building a cult of personality. That is the last thing Pope Francis is likely to have wanted included in his agenda for his visit to the Philippines. The Pope said …
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Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle should just shut up about the Yolanda victims
Recall the monstrous earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck Japan back in 2011 causing untold death and suffering there. The stoicism and quiet grace with which the Japanese greeted the …
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Call to action: Sayaw Pinoy, sayaw
You can easily tell that Filipinos aren’t a very reflective people. Go to any public place — a mall, a department store, a train station — or take a ride …
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‘God must really love the Filipinos’
Nowadays, it seems like the Roman Catholic Church is getting a long-overdue media boost, what with the recent canonisation of new Filipino saint Pedro Calungsod and the elevation to Cardinal …
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Should celebration of Catholic masses be allowed in shopping malls?
The archdiocese of New York City (NYC) recently implemented a ruling that puts an end to a 26-year tradition of the Filipino community in that city of celebrating their Simbang …
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