Tag: SONA 2020
Priest says staff erred by going straight to police in Quiapo...
The police seizure of protest signs and pamphlets from activists in Quiapo church on July 27 was at the request of church personnel
Duterte’s off the cuff remarks show roadmap to ‘full-blown dictatorship’
President Duterte's off-the-cuff remarks during his SONA traced a roadmap to full-blown dictatorship, according to journalist Vergel Santos
Duterte blew chance to unite Filipinos amid pandemic, says Catholic bishop
Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo of Kidapawan said the pandemic could have been the “silver lining” for a whole-society response toward solidarity.
Philippine Catholic church leaders find Duterte’s State of the Nation Address...
Bishop Broderick Pabillo of the Archdiocese of Manila described the president’s speech as “full of motherhood statements”
Philippine Catholic bishops reject new proposal to revive capital punishment
The Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care rejected the proposal of President Duterte to revive the death penalty in the country
What history tells us about capital punishment
Capital punishment is obviously a brutal relic of colonial cruelty. But as history has shown, it was never a deterrent.
Quiapo church, dismayado sa paglalabas ng placards, flyers ng mga aktibista...
Ayon sa pamunuan ng Simbahan, hindi naaangkop ang paglalabas ng placards at pamimigay ng flyers sa kasagsagan mismo ng banal na pagdiriwang
Church groups join protests as Duterte delivers State of the Nation...
Church and faith-based groups call on Filipinos to stand up for the truth amid what they described as injustices happening in the country
Love, Truth, Justice, Peace
"Dahil sa pagmamahal sa kapwa, minamahal natin ang bayan. Kaya tayo nagsasalita ng katotohanan." - Bishop Pabillo of Manila
The State of the Nation Address: Parsing what remains unsaid
"This much is certain: in his fifth State of the Nation Address, our nation’s reality can only be gleamed in what largely remains unsaid."