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Whom to vote

THE LIST of candidates are awash of many re-electionists and new comers. The common voter, semi-illiterate, has a hard time choosing whom to vote. He...

Family Code and divorce

“MARRIAGE is a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman entered into in accordance with law for the establishment of...

Justice and vengeance

JUSTICE is not vengeance. Vengeance is not justice. Justice is a virtue. Vengeance is a vice. Justice is the way of the civilized. Vengeance is the...

Gift of life

Human life is a gift. It is a gift because nothing and nobody can give it to itself and oneself, respectively. In fact, even a...

Separation of Church and State

IT IS ON ACCORD with the dictate of reason and the light of faith that the Church should be separated from the State –...

Here we go again!

HAPPY days are here again. It’s midterm election time. The anticipation is exuberant and the spirit is celebratory. The candidates for election are all...

What is wrong with gambling?

Gambling is synonymous with covetousness. This means that a gambler is someone eagerly desiring what belongs to others. Not contended with what is his...

Clerical discipline

THE Catholic Church is more than two thousand years old. She is a witness to human history especially so since the birth of Christ....

Let us pray

“FATHER, all-powerful and ever-living God, today we rejoice in the holy men and women of every time and place. May their prayers bring us...

‘Bad fish’ in the Church

THUS READ a headliner in a daily a few years ago. The “bad fish” phenomenon in the Church is true. It is true that the...