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Nowadays, there are thousands of pedophiles luring and enticing youngsters over the internet to be their friends and confidants. Parents have to nurture a mature loving relationship with their children to prevent their exploitation online.
Experiencing romantic love is important in marriage, but the idea that romantic love is necessary for a couple’s success simply is not true. In fact, marital research is quite clear that the foundation of marriage is a profound friendship between the spouses.
Eduardo and Susan Loya have been married for 33 years in a conjugal love that God has blessed with three children, all of them now professionals. World Mission spoke to this committed couple who offered advice on how families can remain united.
Here is the heartrending and inspiring story of a mother whose life’s journey with her family, of losing a son, finding a cure for a daughter’s illness, and her very own medical challenges finds comfort and solace in her increasing faith in God in spite of her insurmountable sorrow.
The great majority of people are afraid of dying because they have attached all kind of negative meanings to death: death is the end. Nevertheless, the Bible offers a positive perspective on death – it is the passage to the fullness of life.
From October 31 to November 2, Mexican popular culture represents death with humor and affability. According to Aztec ancestral traditions mixed with Christianity, in these days the ancestors return from the other world to visit the living.
Every year on November 1, millions of Filipino Catholics visit cemeteries across the country to honor their departed loved ones. All Souls Day reminds us of the inevitability of death and why we should lead meaningful lives.
One of the themes of the Synod on the Youth is vocational discernment. What is it, what are the prerequisites and its most basic steps? Experienced retreat director, author and professor at the Ateneo University in Manila, Fr. Ramon guides us with insight and lucidity through the “art of choosing well.”
This October marks the XV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops with the theme: “Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment.” Together with the Pope, our bishops will share experiences, reflect on and recommend pastoral solutions in ministering to the youth. Here is a sample of young people’s expectations regarding the Synod.
Millennials make up 30% of the total population in the Philippines and by 2020 will constitute 50% of the work force. But who are these millennials and what kind of creatures are they? A long-time educator, Fr. Chito attempts a characterization of the “generation of digital natives.”
