Commentaries

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has exaggerated pre-existing gender and social inequalities within Filipino society

"How much of ourselves is made up of ego?" questioned Bindu, a senior manager of Infosys and a known blog writer. She expressed a desire to know how much of ourselves is made up of ego. Bindu responded to the author's write-up on Radio Veritas Asia titled 'Know thyself' and join the chorus 'Laudato si.' The author offers a response below.

The Church in Asia as a whole is due for a long haul in terms of securing full attendance once churches reopen, though when that would happen is a huge question mark. Would bishops and liturgists, in the meanwhile, scrupulously oversee the removal of all the newfangled distractive liturgical anomalies discussed below?

Asia’s culture and religion go hand in hand. This culture and religions – including Buddhism, Islam, and Catholicism – “very rich, very diverse.”

This faith teaches us simple things: Love one another. Be patient as your Heavenly Father is patient.

'Peace is not about the absence of pain and suffering but the realization of God’s presence in the midst of pain and suffering'

The pandemic has taught the Church how to make use of communication technology in so many new ways.

The spirit of the Season of Creation is to bring us together for common prayer and action to protect our common home. This year’s theme is: “A home for all? Renewing the Oikos of God.”

In a poetic-prose style, Fr. Ittoop reflects on the elements of nature we are part of, like fire, earth, water, space, and air. The call to know thyself echoes a call to praise God. 'Know thyself' and join the chorus 'Laudato si'

This long march to authenticity is achieved only when we learn to move from untruth to truth.

Let us hear His voice in our mutual support during these challenging times

What was she like? What kind of woman would be chosen by God to bear His Son, and what kind of woman would have the faith and grace to do it?

Yes, we feel death of every friend diminishes us. How to we maintain our humanity and grow out of these dark days? We need to cry at the loss. Since we have love, our hearts are broken. To shed tears is the ultimate sanctity of human relationships. Jesus wept at his friend Lazaro’s death.

We offer all our people to the protection of God. Our people's destiny is more and more in the hands of God as we sail through these stormy seas of fear, despair, anxiety and pandemic.

'I appeal to the authorities to facilitate the secure participation of all the health workers'

"Let each one of us start a spiritual pilgrimage of not colluding with dark forces of evil but have the courage to confront evil and like the apostles"

In mourning him, we also commit ourselves to his dream of a new world of justice and peace.

For the last five months, our faith is challenged. How to believe in a God when everything goes against God’s love in the reality?

Peter and Paul were free because they were set free. Let us reflect on this central point.

We have an urgent message for today and it comes from the Second reading: St Paul says “As Christ became poor for our sake, so must we share with those in need from our abundance.”