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“Will Pax Silica...primarily serve the strategic interests of others while Filipinos provide the land, natural resources, water, energy, tax incentives, and labor?”
This year’s theme of the Season of Creation, “Living Water”, explores Ezekiel, 47:9, 12 as a powerful biblical vision of hope and ecological healing. The image of living water reveals divine healing that renews land, water, biodiversity, and human responsibility towards the whole creation.
Ezekiel’s biblical vision of living water flowing from the sanctuary stands in sharp contrast to the reality of the water crisis we face. According to the United Nations UN News, 1.7 billion people lack basic hygiene services at home, and 2.1 billion people still lack access to safe drinking water!
According to the teaching of the Catholic Church, water is a common good, the adequate management of which contributes to the realization of the common good of the entire human family. It is true that aqua fons vitae, “water is a source of life”.
The possession of nuclear weapons, the ongoing modernization of them, the aiming of them at adversaries, and the outright threatening to use them, is absolutely insane! And deeply immoral!
The Lord Jesus spoke from His heart to His disciples, sharing precious words that reminded them of His commandment to love and strengthened them for future difficulties and trials. As we continue on our earthly journey, let us allow His words to inspire and help us.
Hidden behind an iron gate in Quezon City’s crowded district of Culiat, a modest clinic run by the Adorers of the Blood of Christ Sisters has operated for more than three decades on the premise that health is not a luxury reserved for those who can pay, but a basic human right.
The Venerable Servant of God Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be beatified on September 24 this year. He will possibly be one of the most unusual people ever to be beatified.
A new international order is taking shape, with some nations abandoning dialogue in favor of violence and lawlessness. The present crisis in the Middle East is a painful reminder of this truth. Leaders need sober thinking, balance, and moderation.
The stark contrast between the Philippines’ wealthiest families and the millions of ordinary citizens navigating daily economic uncertainty presents a profound moral and structural challenge. This divide is often sustained by an outdated and regressive fiscal framework that disproportionately burdens working-class families.
