For three days – January 31st to February 2nd 2024, B Hotel in Quezon City witnessed a landmark event: “Faith Seeking Equality and Common Good: Bridging Sexuality and Gender, Christianity, and SOGIESC Rights.” Organized by Open Table MCC and Humanis (Hivos), under the Free To Be Me Project, the event brought together members of the […]
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Blessing LGBTQIA+ Couples As Per Pope Francis?
Two Ways Of Looking At And Understanding What Was Said Early this morning, someone from Ateneo asked me about my reaction or take on the recent official pronouncement from the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith regarding the blessing of same-sex couples and other persons considered by the Roman Church within irregular relationships. […]
Memorial of Saint Felicitas and Saint Perpetua
March 7 is the memorial for Saints Felicitas and Perpetua. These two women from northern Africa were Christian martyrs in the early 3rd century during the reign of the Roman Emperor Severus. We know their story from no less than the hand written journal of Perpetua herself copies of which circulated with great popularity in […]
Novena Prayer To Our Lady Of Montevergine
Introduction: For centuries there is a particular devotion to the blessed mother Mary northwest of the town of Avellino which is near the city of Naples in Italy. There Mary is known as the Madonna of Montevergine. She also goes by the title of Mama Schiavana or Mother of slaves and the oppressed. But she […]
The Lord’s Prayer Around The World
“All Christians together … let us lift our voices toward Heaven.” This is the call Pope Francis has made to “invoke the Almighty, the Omnipotent God” for an end to the Coronavirus pandemic. Christians from around the world, regardless of denomination, are invited to join in prayer at noon Rome time (7PM in the Philippines) […]