Archbishop Romero’s witness also resonates in places like the Philippines, where debates about human rights, political power and the Church’s public voice continue to surface.
Twenty-five years after he was abducted in Basilan, southern Philippines, in March 2000, the witness of Claretian missionary Fr. Rhoel Gallardo continues to inspire many Filipinos.
A Catholic bishop has urged Filipino families and parishes to practice energy conservation and strengthen charitable programs as rising global oil prices, fueled by tensions in the Middle East, threaten to increase transportation costs and household expenses.
Calls for nuclear restraint ring hollow when they come from countries that continue to maintain the capacity to destroy the world, Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David has warned, as renewed geopolitical tensions revive concerns about nuclear escalation.
Across many poor communities in the Philippines, women quietly carry some of the heaviest responsibilities of family and society, raising children amid poverty, protecting their families from abuse, and, in many cases, leaving home to work abroad.
Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, Vice president of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC), warned that modern warfare risks becoming dangerously detached from human reality, as missiles and drones continue to fly across the Middle East.
