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By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective This is perhaps the only long holiday weekend when people are not leaving Manila for a vacation. Instead most, who are Catholics of course, have been busy preparing for the visit of Pope Francis. While Pope Francis is not the...
His Holiness Pope Francis, Greetings of peace and love from the Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) survivors! Indeed we have the same wish: a wish of a poor church and for the poor... for we are the poor in the church. In the spirit of mercy and compassion (the theme of your...
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, was elected by the conclave to the throne of St. Peter on March 13, 2013. He chose the name Pope Francis. Pope Francis, 78, is the first Jesuit and the first non-European to head the Catholic hierarchy. The...
Dear Pope Francis, We, the Filipino youth welcomes with joy, justice, peace, and love His Holiness Pope Francis to the Philippines. Your writings and teachings inspire us to offer and commit ourselves to selfless and meaningful service to our fellow people, most...
January 15, 2015 Dearest Pope Francis, Bienvenido! Benvenuto! Vi diamo il benvenuto con il collettivo abbraccio di maggioranza dellafilippina donne nelle Filippine We thank you for coming to personally extend your compassion to a suffering people in the aftermath...
Pope of the poor, fight for us. We are Filipino migrants, immigrants, refugees from all over the world who, together with our families, call upon Your Eminence, to bear witness to our struggle. We call on you to speak in behalf of overseas Filipinos in our quest...
"The fact remains that workers in the government need salary increases because of the high costs of living, not because the DBM or Aquino says so. They need to pay hikes now, not in 2016." – ACT Teachers’ Party Rep. Antonio Tinio
Para kay Fr Gregorio Obejas, OSM Ni RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Iniihip ng amihan ang balitang kay lungkot Nawalan ang bayan ng isang pastol Ang hamog sa mga dahon at talulot Ang piping tambuli ng iyong pagpanaw Anong sumbong kaya ang iyong ibubulong Sa Kanyang iyong...
Dear Pope Francis, ¡Bienvenido a las Filipinas! Welcome to the Philippines! By now, I’m sure you’re already flooded with messages poured upon you by my fellow Filipinos. Thus, my voice will be just another amongst the crowd. My voice comes from a place of complex...
His Holiness, Pope Francis PP.00120 Via del Pellegrino Citta del Vaticano Dear Pope Francis, Our hearts are filled with hope in anticipation of Your Holiness’ visit to the Philippines. As peace advocates, we are heartened by Your Holiness’ choice of name honoring...
From Luzon to Mindanao, urban poor relocatees tell stories of hunger, worsening poverty and desperation.
“We want to show the Pope what this government might try to hide from him. And that is the worsening human rights situation.”
MANILA – Two days before Pope Francis’ arrival, indigenous peoples were the first to give a symbolic welcome to Pope Francis at 10 am today, January 13 at the Apostolic Nunciature on Taft avenue. “We wholeheartedly welcome the Pope to the Philippines, and also to...
"It just goes to show that this administration is hell-bent on pursuing the interests of his bosses. And I'm not talking about the Filipino people, but the capitalists who run the MRTC and LRMC." – Train Riders Network (TREN)
This section is dedicated to a coverage not only of the visit of Pope Francis, but also of the messages of suffering the people try to convey to Pope Francis, and the message of hope Pope Francis would bring to the people.
By DAVAOTODAY.com DAVAO CITY – A tribal alliance here said the renewed recruitment of tribesmen into the government military was not new and may be a ploy to allow the entry of large mining and logging operations in ancestral domains. “They have been wanting to...
Now, we are standing hand-in-hand with our colleagues at GMA-7 who have formed the Talents Association of GMA and filed a regularization case before the Department of Labor and Employment.
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