October 2017

At isa sa kanila, isang dalubhasa sa Kautusan ang nagtanong kay Hesus upang subukin ito, “Guro, alin po ang pinakamahalagang utos sa Kautusan?” Sumagot si Hesus, “Ibigin mo ang Panginoon mong Diyos nang buong puso, nang buong kaluluwa, at nang buong pag-iisip.
 
Ito ang pinakamahalagang utos. Ito naman ang pangalawa: Ibigin mo ang iyong kapwa gaya ng iyong sarili. Sa dalawang utos na ito nakasalalay ang buong kautusan ni Moises at ang turo...

HONG KONG (SE): During his three-and-a-half hour presentation at the beginning of the Nineteenth Congress of the Communist Party of China, the general secretary of the party and president of China, Xi Jinping, embedded the process of Sinicisation of religion into what is anticipated to become a dogma of belief under the banner of the Thoughts of Xi Jinping.
 
Speaking on October 18 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, his epic address on the theme of Secure a decisive...

MARYKNOLL (SE): Missionary, educator, peace and social justice advocate, Sister Mary-Lou Teufel, passed away on September 29 at the age of 94 after 63 years in the Maryknoll Society.
 
Born in United States of American (US) city of Cincinnati, Ohio, on 19 December 1922 to Mary (Gosink) Teufel and Anthony Teufel, Sister Teufel had two brothers; Richard and John; as well as three sisters; Rita, Clare and Catherine, all of whom predeceased her.
 
A graduate of...

HONG KONG (SE): Cancer is a terrible disease and apart from the agonies of medical treatment or the frustration of not being able to find the financial resources to pay for it, it places a difficult emotional burden not only on the person suffering from the disease, but also their family, friends and associates.
 
But for a migrant worker who is away from family and alone in a foreign city, it can leave them with the lost feeling of a refugee who has no soil on which to...