In 1998 U.S. Congress passed the International Freedom Act to promote religious freedom as part of American Foreign Policy and to fight religious persecution globally. The law listed many economic and diplomatic tools to encourage all nations to accept freedom of religion and conscience as...
The September 19, 2022 Philippine Star newspaper reported that a Negros Oriental Congressman filed House No. 4500 “The 2022 ROTC Bill”. The bill says grade eleven (15/16 years old) and grade 12 (16/17 years old) students must finish a 2-year ROTC Course or else they...
Webster’s dictionary defines an atheist as one who denies that God exists while an agnostic is one who doubts that God exists. The May-June 2012 scientific American magazine issue made a study as to who is better off, the religious or the atheist. Some of...
The most used supplements are 1. Multivitamins, 2. Fish Oil, 3. Calcium, 4. Probiotics, which are taken from the leaves, barks, roots, peelings, skins of plants/fruits. The Food and Drug Administration do not require supplement makers/suppliers to show that their products are safe or more...
Webster’s dictionary defines supplements as something added to make up for a lack. Babies are given supplements so they can grow. Elders are given supplements because their bones become brittle and minds start to decay. Our immune system which protect us from viruses, diseases caused...
Our Nation is hit by 5 to 12 typhoons every year which destroy food crops, buildings, roads and delivery of goods delays. This means we buy more hardware goods for roofing, glass windows, cement to repair the damaged and washed roads, bridges, houses, telephone lines,...
Webster’s dictionary defines catechesis from the Greek word katekhesis meaning oral teaching in the basic principles of any religion and catechism as a set of questions and answers of any religious doctrine. The church knows that a child from birth to age 5 get religious...
We were a Spanish colony from 1521 to 1896. For 500 years the Spanish church evangelized us through Spanish orders and congregations like the Dominicans, Augustinians Recoletos, Jesuits, and Benedictines. St. Ezequiel Moreno entered the Augustinians Recoletos Seminary in Monteagudo, Navarra, Spain and accepted his first...
E. The Historical Books These books cover the period from the entry of the Israelites into the Promised Land in about 1210 to the end of the Maccabean wars in about 142. They are not to be equated with modern history, for ancient historians did not...
Last August 10, Wednesday, Archbishop Romulo Valles celebrated Mass at the newly rebuilt St. Francis Xavier College Chapel to mark the start of the 2022-2023 School year opening. It was followed by the Board of Trustees yearly meeting. I feel that the newly reconditioned chapel...