How wonderful it is to see Pope Francis visiting even countries where Roman Catholic Christians are a minority.
I can still vividly recall where I was when she violently imposed an unwelcome visit on us.
The same Christian faith that the conquistadores tried to use in order to pursue their colonial purposes in our country also inspired our revolutionaries around three and a half centuries later to dream of freedom and democracy.
Vicariate of the Vatican City
Guidelines for the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Persons
March 26, 2019
Law N. CCXCVII
On the Protection of Minors and Vulnerable Persons
March 26, 2019
ANY responsible person must at one time or another have asked himself the questions: How does the Church support itself?
THERE is an anti-juridic tendency in people—and the ecclesiastical world is no exception—that leads them to do (as somebody once put it) what they damn please.
There is an anti-juridic tendency in people—and the ecclesiastical world is no exception—that leads them to do (as somebody once put it) what they damn please.
My attention has recently been called by two friends—separately—on what apparently is a scandalous controversy raging in the diocese of Bacolod.
Is it wrong to be happy during Holy Week? Is sadness obligatory during Holy Week?
Lent precedes and prepares for Easter. It is a time to hear the Word of God, to convert, to prepare for and remember Baptism, to be reconciled with God and one’s neighbour, and of more frequent recourse to the “arms of Christian penance”(134): prayer, fasting and good works (cf. Mt 6, 1-6. 16-18).
Valentine’s Day is a very popular and much awaited feast of friends, lovers and romantics. It is based on the feast of Saint Valentine