A former Ramon Magsaysay (RM) awardee leaves a legacy of service and integrity with his passing away on Wednesday, August 21, a day after he suffered a stroke, according to statements from various groups who had been witnesses to his life.
A group of environmental advocates, fisherfolk, and civil society groups on Wednesday raised concern over policy inadequacies in protecting the Philippines’ seas from oil spills and in exacting accountability from polluters.
Father Raymond Hober, SVD, 92, passed away on August 3, 2024, at 6:45 p.m. at the Techny Residence, as announced on social media by the Societas Verbi Divini (SVD) or the Divine Word Missionaries.
On July 28, during his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis reflected on the day’s Gospel from Saint John, which recounts the miracle of the loaves and fishes.
Patron Saint of doubters, architects, blind people, builders, geometricians, masons, surveyors, and theologians. Saint Thomas is represented by a spear because he was a carpenter and a ruler to symbolize his martyrdom.
The first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, with 14 other blessed will be canonized, according to the College of Cardinals who formalized the approval in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace for an Ordinary Public Consistory on Monday morning.
