The title of this column can provoke different reactions from different people. One set of these are people who would say, "Oh no, I don't have any difficulty at all in following Jesus. I go to our parish church on Sunday; I put some amount...
I would like to describe here in detail certain aspects of that privileged moment when I concelebrated with Pope Francis in the chapel of Santa Martha inside the Vatican. That moment occurred on 25 May 2013. Those aspects showed external signs of the Pope's simplicity...
The title of this Column should remind our readers of 2 previous reflections: Social Conscience Based on Shalom and When the Church Gets Sick. In my reflection on Shalom I recalled that this Hebrew word means Wholeness, Integrity, Harmony and Proportion in the life of an...
Our Holy Father Pope Francis has been constantly repeating what seems to be his special concern. This is when the Church gets sick. What does he mean? In a brief note in Spanish he sent to the bishops of Argentina a couple of weeks after his...
This reflection, as previously stated, focuses on the concept of Shalom as a basis of forming a conscience that determines the morality of any activity in the peace building process. Briefly reviewing the concept of Shalom, we say that this word for Peace in the...
(Part 2 of 2) (Vatican Radio) Those who approach the Church should find the doors open and not find people who want to control the faith. This is what the Pope said this morning (May 25) during Mass in the Casa Santa Marta. The day's Gospel tells...
(Part 1 of 2) On 25 May 2013 at 7am in the private chapel of Sancta Martha papal residence inside the Vatican I said Mass with Pope Francis. Also concelebrating with me was Cardinal Cachavillan, former secretary at the papal nunciature in Manila in the mid-1960's...
Peace, this column's title in the Hebrew language, is understood differently by many Filipinos from different walks of life. As a result it is used also in many different ways. This varied knowledge, understanding and utilitarian experience of peace has led to a...
