Religion

Today is a day of irony. While today marks the 113th anniversary of the Malolos constitution when congress voted for the first Philippine...

Yesterday, I wrote about how an anti-RH group tried to do a demonstration in SB park without a permit. An anti-RH...

Anti-RH advocates were forced to leave SB Park after pro-RH advocates discovered that they didn't have a permit. The anti-RH advocates tried...

I respect your right to have your own faith, wear whatever religious iconography you deem makes you feel "closer" to your chosen deity, say your own prayers, read your own religious books. You can conduct a seance or dance naked in your garden, I don't really care. Why do people like Preacher have such a hard time returning that same courtesy?

What I find disturbing - monumentally - is why Bastes was complaining: his contention that "we are a Christian country" certainly leaves a bad taste in the mouth, particularly for those who have been advocating a more secular space and tone where discussions of laws and government are brought up, in the context of a democratic government and country.

Despite the lack of evidence for the story (such evidence would surely merit at least a passing mention in a medical journal), the Philippine Daily Inquirer peddled the "miracle" as truth and elevated it into its editorial.

The Philippines won the Guiness record for having the largest Ten Commandments tablet. This shouldn't come as a surprise, considering that our country likes claiming to be one of the 'most Catholic' in the world. But will the Philippine Catholic hierarchy be happy and proud of this record? Probably not.

With the reproductive health bill still stuck in legislation, our legislators need a lesson or two about religious freedom. But I...

Who is the boss of Catholic priests? The layman and the laity would answer without hesitation: the Catholic Church. But for...