Education has always been a top priority among Filipinos, as evidenced by the framed diplomas of a family's college graduates ...

There is a sense of fatalism among Filipinos when it comes to this year’s elections compared to previous rounds. In the time ...

I was in first grade when Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul I died. I was already a college professor when Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict passed away. Their passing brought me a great deal of ...

Every election, we fantasize that the best, qualified, and most trustworthy candidates will win. This close to the elections on Monday, however, it’s clear that qualifications and trustworthiness ...

It took nearly 440 years after the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines before the first Filipino, Rufino Jiao Santos, joined the College of Cardinals in 1960. Another 52 years passed before ...

For a while, media observers entertained the tiniest sliver of hope that this could be the year the Philippines finally shed ...

Cardinal-electors, below 80 years old, three Filipinos included, will be locked up in the Sistine Chapel to deliberate, ...

The Making of a Modern Exorcist” (Doubleday, 2009), describes how today’s Catholic Church blends the tools of science with ...

When the dust settles next week, after the results of the midterm elections are revealed, it may just turn out that this ...

For years, I had believed that one’s brilliance and relentless hard work, and maybe just a few drops of good luck, could ...