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Fr. Ben Beltran, SVD, through his post has taken my attention on the issue of the groundbreaking statement on Christianity by a group of Orthodox Rabbis. The statement acknowledges the positive theological status of Christianity. A call for fraternal partnership of Jewish and Christian leaders.  Here is the full text of the said statement. December 3, 2015 To Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven: Toward a Partnership between Jews and Christians After nearly two millennia of mutual hostility and alienation, we Orthodox Rabbis who lead communities, institutions and seminaries in Israel, the United States and Europe recognize the historic opportunity now before us. We seek to do the will of our Father in Heaven by accepting the hand offered to us by our Christian brothers and sisters. Jews and Christians must work together as partners to address the moral challenges of our era. 1. The Shoah ended 70 years ago. It was the warped climax to centuries of...

LET THE STONES SHOUT! 1st of the Series of Pastoral Letters of His Grace, the Most Reverend Leonardo Z. Legaspi, O.P., D.D., Archbishop of Caceres, On the Right of the Church to Proclaim the Truth and Her Duty to Lead the Faithful to True Freedom in and for the Truth Introduction The tercentenary of the gift of devotion to Ina, Our Lady of Peñafrancia, has brought us together to celebrate as a community and as a Church. The celebration has offered us great joy to remember with gratitude the  many blessings that God has bestowed upon us through Ina, and has given us hope to share this gift of devotion with loving concern to those in need especially the poor.  Recently, however, when the issue on Reproductive Health Bill sprung up, it scattered along with it the seeds of division, cynicism and animosity among us.  Malicious and tasteless name-calling and criticism hounded  the Church’s stand on responsible parenthood. The prophetic...

The director of the Family and life Commission of the Diocese have given the copies of the materials used during their seminars to all the parish coordinators of family and life. I uploaded them to the site of the commission, on Diocese of San Pablo Family and Life Commission . There was no video taken the seminar. I have implored them before to at least documents their seminars so that the diocese can have a ample documentation concerning the activities and to be able also to share it with others. These are the topics discussed during  the 40 years of humanae Vitae The Encyclical Letter of Pope Paul VI, written in 1968, describes the great vision for marriage; a way of living which enables a man and a woman to give their lives to one another and in which their mutual self-giving is both life-enhancing and life-transmitting. It is a prophetic letter because it speaks of the great dignity and mission of marriage in an age in which so many forces are directed against human love. These ...