Dream on Philippines
Another raging issue has hit the homeland – the conviction for libel of Maria Ressa of Rappler.
Another raging issue has hit the homeland – the conviction for libel of Maria Ressa of Rappler.
As I write this, I am grateful to all of those who have expressed concerns and offered prayers for our safety.
One of the gaps in our troubled world today is the lack of role models, those who embody the ideals of what we would like to be, or what we could become as individuals and as a nation. Perhaps, this gap is most felt in the field of government and politics.
Very little is known about St. Thomas More, the patron of statesmen and politicians as declared by Pope John Paul II in the year 2000. He lived a very inspiring life and is a model of firmness of conscience to the end.
I recall a question articulated by our former Vice President Emmanuel Pelaez many years ago.
We have been taught in CFC to live out our faith, to consider our faith as an integral part of our being, not merely as a separate compartment of our life.