Fr. EMMANUEL “NONO” L. ALFONSO, SJ, is Executive Director of Jesuit Communications, writer and TV and radio host at ABS-CBN (Channel 2), DZMM Teleradyo, Radio Veritas and Radyo Katipunan. In 2008, he was given a Special Citation Award for Best Opinion Column Category at the 30th Catholic Mass Media Awards.
Requiem for an exemplary Catholic layman
Attorney Ramon Pedrosa was certainly a giant of a man. Despite his modesty and humility. A short tribute like this would fail to give justice to his life and works, but his life-story as a devout Catholic and Filipino patriot needs to be told.
To Infinity and Beyond
Since the release of Dignita Infinita last April 8, 2024, there have been mixed reactions. As mentioned, while the conservative sectors of the Catholic Church have hailed it, the progressive ones have seen it as a setback. Let the conversations begin.
Rather, the Dark Ages!
But what explains these economic dark ages during the Martial Law years? In a word, mismanagement! Mismanagement caused by greed.
GOMBURZA: the inside story
Since hitting the theaters in December last year, many things have already been said about the film by movie critics, historians, academicians and blogging moviegoers. Let me add this piece. After all, it was Jesuit Communications, the media arm of the Jesuits in the Philippines, that produced the film.
Like a house of cards
Here’s one probable, brief explanation of how we unraveled as a country. It began with Duterte’s undeniable charisma that catapulted him to power.
