‘Living rosary’

Beauty queens and candidates of Bb. Pilipinas prayed last Saturday night for “peace, unity and forgiveness“ as they joined the first “living rosary“ for beauties at the Araneta Center in Cubao, Quezon City. Incoming search terms:news on miss universe 2012 (1)santa cruzan dress (1) var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true,"data_track_addressbar":true,"data_track_textcopy":true,"ui_atversion":"300"}; var... 

Fishball vendor kills bully

By JEFFREY DAMICOG Police arrested a fishball vendor for allegedly killing a man who has been bullying him for sometime last Friday in Quezon City. PO2 Marlon dela Vega identified the suspect as Jason Anuengco, 24, of Barangay Damayang Lagi, Quezon City.  Read More »

Uncle urges US bombing suspect to turn self in

MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, Maryland — The uncle of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects urged his nephew to turn himself in Friday, saying he had brought shame to the family and the entire Chechen ethnicity. “Yes, we’re ashamed. They’re the children of my brother,” Ruslan Tsarni told reporters outside his home in Maryland.  Read More »

The resurrection

Gospel Reading: Lk 24:1-12 At daybreak on the first day of the week [the women who had come from Galilee with Jesus] took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb; but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were puzzling over this, behold, two men in dazzling garments appeared to them. They were... 

The Fifth Sunday of Lent

Manila, Philippines – The focus in today’s celebration of the Fifth Sunday of Lent is the unrelenting forgiveness of God which is the utmost expression of his divine love for us. It is we, human beings, who inflict pain on our relationship with God but it is God who makes the first step in restoring that broken relationship. This forgiving love of God is not blind to our sinfulness... 

Zapanta blood money reaches P6.5 M

Manila, Philippines – The Pampanga provincial government has raised an additional P1.5 million for overseas Filipino worker Joselito Zapanta now on death row in Saudi Arabia, bringing the collected blood money to P6.5 million. In a phone interview, Gov. Lilia G. Pineda said the additional amount was culled after seeking the assistance of the Pampanga Mayor’s League headed... 

Christ rejected by town mates

Manila, Philippines – There was once a professor in theology at a Catholic university who asked the students to write down what their notion of Jesus was. While going over the papers later, the professor was amused by the many curious answers, particularly one. The student wrote: “Jesus was a great P-R-O-F-I-T. (He meant “prophet”). When the teacher checked the course he was... 

Elderly inmates get executive clemency

Manila, Philippines – In line with the spirit of Christmas and its message of love, forgiveness, and redemption, President Benigno S. Aquino III has granted executive clemency to eight elderly inmates, whose ages range from 71- to 85-years-old.  Read More »

St. Stephen

MATTHEW 10:17-22 JESUS said to his apostles, “Beware of people, for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues, and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake as a witness before them and the pagans. When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say.  Read More »

Pardoned

VATICAN CITY, Italy (AFP) – Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday, December 22, pardoned his former butler Paolo Gabriele, who was sentenced to 18 months in jail for leaking secret papal memos, but banished him from the Vatican.  Read More »