One of the most familiar drawings in the world is the “Praying Hands.” It was sketched by a great German artist Albrecht Dürer using ink

When Jhon Robert was growing up in Bantayan Island, he was told that his mother was working abroad. Any arriving vehicle would give him a

Two of my cousins came to Cebu for a short vacation. It had been years since they returned. Work and family abroad have absorbed most

           Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) just issued a pastoral message that opens 2015 as the

       My friend Cheryl invited me to celebrate the funeral mass of her high school classmate from St. Theresa’s College. It was difficult to refuse

              199 years ago on August 16, a poor boy was born in a small town in Becchi near Turin, Italy. His name was John

The headlines of these past weeks were disheartening. Most of the news reported were about death or destruction: a patient shoots his doctor then himself;

        The World Cup fever is on! Perhaps not so much in the Philippines being a “basketball country.”  Yet the world’s most popular sport is

        The canonization of our newest saints in the Church, John XXIII and John Paul II, gives me great joy. Both popes inspire me. Moreover,

April 27 is an exceptionally event-filled Sunday in the calendar! There is the exciting football match between the Philippine Azkals and their Southeast Asian rival