Typhoons, floods and earthquakes continue to rock the Philippines, bringing more destruction, misery and poverty to farms, homes and communities. Worse than these is the cancer of corruption eating at the heart and soul of the nation, inflicting similar suffering on millions of Filipinos. The good news is
October 9, 2025
At a United Nations high-level meeting in New York, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher of the Vatican said “technology is being used to exacerbate certain forms of abuse and violence,” adding that the gravity of the violence and abuse against women and children extended beyond sexual exploitation and trafficking.
October 6, 2025
A hospital is supposed to be one of the safest places to go to amid armed conflict, like the war Israel is waging against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. However, there is strong evidence that Israeli forces are deliberately killing civilians, including women, children and journalists, in and around hospitals. On
September 11, 2025
The hope and dream of the late pope Francis was to reform the Catholic Church and make it a synodal church at every level, where everyone — laypeople, priests and bishops — are considered equal before God and Jesus of Nazareth, working together, sharing thoughts, listening and learning from one another,
August 14, 2025
The world lacks strong and outspoken leaders who can forcefully take to task the Israeli government and what its forces are doing in the Gaza Strip right now: killing the Palestinian civilians there through violence or starvation — a move that many have condemned as genocide. As many as 111 humanitarian
August 8, 2025
By Fr. Shay Cullen The Philippines is a nation full of kind, generous, resilient and long-suffering people who, for centuries, have been misled by and burdened with the corruption and injustice committed by dynastic families. The Spanish colonizers brought with them a version of “Christianity” that fell far short of what Jesus of Nazareth wanted
August 1, 2025
DUBLIN — Children in the Gaza Strip are the first and most affected victims of a war aimed at wiping out the Palestinians from that territory. The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has said more than 15,000 children in Gaza have been killed, over 34,000 injured, and nearly 1 million displaced.
July 25, 2025
The greatest force in the world is one that attracts and brings people and things together, one that created the Earth and affects everyone, for good or bad. This force can unite and strengthen bonds. The closer they are, the stronger and greater is the force. Commitment, dedication, and love of
July 11, 2025
This can be good news to many readers who believe in and act on the phrase “the truth will set us free.” Free from what? From not knowing the danger certain things pose to our lives and that of our children. We all want our children to lead a full life
June 17, 2025
A poster declaring that “justice delayed is justice denied” is posted on many a courtroom wall as a reminder that delaying justice is crippling the Philippine judicial system. We need judicial reform, not posters. Many family courts are so swamped with child abuse cases that there is an urgent need for
June 14, 2025
Pope Francis has passed from this world, to the great sorrow of all who loved him and his style of leadership as head of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the only pope in 1,282 years who was not a European, as well as the first Jesuit to be elected pontiff.
May 5, 2025
There are thousands of bright and high-achieving Filipino students, to the point that special schools have been established to develop their knowledge and talents, equip them with the skills that would help land them a good job, and contribute to the development of the nation. Filipino students are naturally good and
April 3, 2025