At 94, Conchita Tividad continues to fulfill a lifelong vow of faith, a panata (religious vow) she made decades ago when her youngest child, Augustito, was born frail and often ill.
“In the spirit of building human fraternity and the common good, the peace of the heart is the heart of peace,” says Father Sebastiano D'Ambra, an Italian Missionary priest who works in the Philippines.
The head of the bishops’ conference in the Philippines on April 6 urged voters not to be swayed by surveys or disinformation on social media as May 9 national and local elections draw near.