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Thursday, November 28, 2024

Commentary

Redemption City, 1

BY SHAY CULLEN IT IS NOW 55 years since I landed in the stifling heat of Manila, Philippines. I was 26 years of age. I had...

Human trafficking: modern sex slavery of children, 2

BY FR. SHAY CULLEN MANY government social workers prefer to refer the child to a foster home if they cannot be sent home due to...

Human trafficking: modern sex slavery of children, 1

THIS IS a story of the success and victory of Girly, a 15-year-old child that achieved justice by her clear testimony and won her...

Faith must challenge child abuse in Church and State, 2

BY FR. SHAY CULLEN THE CATHOLIC Church in Guam is facing the painful truth and paying for it. Vatican investigators ordered by Pope Francis uncovered...

Faith must challenge child abuse in Church and State, 1 

BY FR. SHAY CULLEN THE SHOCKING testimonies of 2,300 victim-survivors of childhood physical, psychological and sexual abuse representing 200,000 children that suffered in government care...

Brave children win convictions vs abusers, 2

BY FR. SHAY CULLEN MANY people reading could have been sexually abused and victimized as children because it happens to so many. The victims remained...

Brave children win convictions vs abusers, 1

THIS IS the story of the rescue, recovery and empowerment of an eight-year-old child, Angelica, from Orani, Bataan. She was abandoned by her father and...

Expect hardship ahead with more belt-tightening

BY FR. SHAY CULLEN AGAINST the pride and vicious intentions of Russia’s Vladimir Putin’s invasion, brave Ukrainians have sacrificed and fought and died with courage...

Rights advocates red-tagged as was Jesus of Nazareth, 2

BY FR. SHAY CULLEN DESPITE this cemetery of dead faith, there is a living faith in the hearts of the small bands of true Filipino...

Rights advocates red-tagged as was Jesus of Nazareth, 1

BY FR. SHAY CULLEN THE “MARCH for the Martyrs” was a spectacular event when thousands of marching Catholic students filled Taft Avenue in Manila carrying...