From a Christian perspective, the strategy to tackle the drugs scourge should address the root causes, namely, poverty, unemployment and destitution. It is time that the drug plague be dealt with as a health and social problem, and not only as a criminal one.
As the bloody campaign against illegal drugs and crime continues under the present administration, the Church in the Philippines is addressing the mounting mortality by establishing community-based…
While some biblical texts and the traditional teaching of the Church endorse capital punishment as a deterrent and safeguard of the common good, contemporary Church pronouncements emphasize the…
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World Touch
After years of work, 122 governments have adopted a treaty that makes nuclear weapons completely illegal. The July 7th decision at the United Nations bans the manufacture, possession and use of…
October 2017
To distribute a copy of the Bible to every family in the Philippines: the project that started in 2008 is becoming a reality, thanks to the project “May They Be One Bible Campaign,” says the Auxiliary…
October 2017
“Despite many social and political reforms that have taken place in Asia, the continent is now facing the rise of religious fundamentalism and threat to peace and security,” said Archbishop Willem T.…
October 2017
After the government of Peru in South America reduced the environmental quality standards to facilitate the sale of the metallurgical complex of La Oroya, the Archbishop of Huancayo, Msgr. Pedro…
October 2017
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St. John of Capistrano
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United Nation Day
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St. Anthony Mary Claret
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Forty Martyrs of England & Wales
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St. Evaristus
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St. Frumuntius
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Feast of Sts. Simon & Jude, Apostles
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Prison Awareness Sunday
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30th In Ordinary Sunday
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St. Alfonso Rodriguez
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