The displacement of many families, destruction of private residences, public buildings, mosques of worship, desecration of a church and its holy objects in the city of Marawi, are an example of collateral damage. They were not the primary objectives of the fighting between the government troops...
There are several groups, here and abroad, already admirably helping in the relief needs of thousands of displaced Muslim families including some hundred Christians from Marawi City. The variety of help is coming from government and private sectors. They are to be commended. Some leaders of...
Or similarly, we are what our thoughts are, we become what often occupy our mind. This has been called, in a simplistic way, the process of character formation. How does this happen? Let's take an example. I like to think about humility, how to be humble,...
"You are being kidnapped and maybe killed, why don't you get out of there." – Cardinal Sin These were words of concern to me of my friend the late former archbishop of Jaro and later of Manila. That was sometime in 1986 after I negotiated for...
Marawi is a beautiful city which is located beside the beautiful Lake Lanao. It is just 30 kilometers from Iligan City where I was bishop for 17 years (1977-1994). St. John Paul II also appointed me Apostolic Administrator of Marawi after Bishop Bienvenido S. Tudtud...
On 26 May 2017 Orlando Cardinal Quevedo, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cotabato, issued a Statement on Marawi and Martial Law. Titled "Pursue What Leads to Peace" (Rom. 14:19), it was addressed "To All People of Good Will...
This is a personal opinion. It struck me as significant that Mary, the Mother of Jesus, is popularly known worldwide as Our Lady of Fatima and Our Lady of Lourdes. Fatima was the daughter of the Prophet Mohammad and Lourdes was a baptismal name of a...
Several years ago, during a pilgrimage to the famous shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France I found a brochure in a hotel lobby. Written in French it describes the meaning of the coat of arms which is actually the history of the city. I'm...
According to Wikipedia, "Fatimah bint Muhammad was the youngest daughter of the Islamic Nabi (Prophet) Muhammad and (wife) Khadijah, and therefore, one of the members of Muhammad's Bayt (household). She was the wife of 'Ali bin Abi Talib, cousin of the Prophet." The Shiite Muslims...
Three batches of young people from Lanao del Norte and Iligan City, Lanao del Sur and Marawi City, and Panabo City, Paquibato and Lasang in Davao City numbering more than a hundred in each group gathered in youth peace camps to learn how not to...
