“Why are the Aquino government’s police brutes so intent on preventing us from putting to practice what the Pope himself has preached?" - Sr. Noemi Dagala
“The Pope is here. Mercy and compassion, not cruelty and hypocrisy should infect us all, especially the high and mighty.”
“Yesterday the crocodiles and leeches in the government welcomed the Pope. Now the ordinary people, the relatives of victims who were disappeared or killed, are being prohibited from welcoming the Pope.”
MANILA -- It has been two years since Willem Geertman, a Dutch missionary, was killed. Yet, his fiancee Maria Aurora Santiago said it remains unclear who were behind the brutal killing. If she will have the chance to speak to Pope Francis, she would tell him,...
The following appeal was signed by 23 environmental groups and four Catholic bishops asking Pope Francis to intervene on the ecological destruction and human rights violations resulting from large-scale mining in the country. Most Holy Father, We, the undersigned...
The Kusog sa Katawhang Lumad sa Mindanao or Kalumaran – an alliance of five subregional indigenous groups representing the 18 Lumad groups – reaches out to the visiting Pontiff through an “uranda.” Uranda is a traditional lyric-poem of the Lumads about their...
“The Pope’s valiant move to speak to the almost-inexistent conscience of the top officials of our nation endears us even more to him. President Aquino and his Cabinet should listen and be humbled." - Student Christian Movement of the Philippines
“Our young Filipino artists want to welcome the Pope with an image that doesn’t gloss over the hardships and the plight of the Filipino people.”
“We hope the simple gesture of welcoming Pope Francis with a humble ribbon, in contrast to the layers of expensive and expansive print banners by businesses and politicians, would help fellow Filipinos understand the spirit of the Pope’s visit.” – People Surge
“We join you in spreading and living the message of St. Francis that there can only be lasting peace here on earth if there is social justice, equity and freedom.” – Kapayapaan By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – It has been more than three years since formal...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective This is perhaps the only long holiday weekend when people are not leaving Manila for a vacation. Instead most, who are Catholics of course, have been busy preparing for the visit of Pope Francis. While Pope Francis is not the...
His Holiness Pope Francis, Greetings of peace and love from the Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) survivors! Indeed we have the same wish: a wish of a poor church and for the poor... for we are the poor in the church. In the spirit of mercy and compassion (the theme of your...
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, was elected by the conclave to the throne of St. Peter on March 13, 2013. He chose the name Pope Francis. Pope Francis, 78, is the first Jesuit and the first non-European to head the Catholic hierarchy. The...
January 15, 2015 Dearest Pope Francis, Bienvenido! Benvenuto! Vi diamo il benvenuto con il collettivo abbraccio di maggioranza dellafilippina donne nelle Filippine We thank you for coming to personally extend your compassion to a suffering people in the aftermath...
Pope of the poor, fight for us. We are Filipino migrants, immigrants, refugees from all over the world who, together with our families, call upon Your Eminence, to bear witness to our struggle. We call on you to speak in behalf of overseas Filipinos in our quest...
Dear Pope Francis, ¡Bienvenido a las Filipinas! Welcome to the Philippines! By now, I’m sure you’re already flooded with messages poured upon you by my fellow Filipinos. Thus, my voice will be just another amongst the crowd. My voice comes from a place of complex...
His Holiness, Pope Francis PP.00120 Via del Pellegrino Citta del Vaticano Dear Pope Francis, Our hearts are filled with hope in anticipation of Your Holiness’ visit to the Philippines. As peace advocates, we are heartened by Your Holiness’ choice of name honoring...
“We want to show the Pope what this government might try to hide from him. And that is the worsening human rights situation.”
MANILA – Two days before Pope Francis’ arrival, indigenous peoples were the first to give a symbolic welcome to Pope Francis at 10 am today, January 13 at the Apostolic Nunciature on Taft avenue. “We wholeheartedly welcome the Pope to the Philippines, and also to...
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