Category: Faith & Life

– Miguel Augusto (*) “Hallowe’en” is a word that first appeared in the 16th century, and is a Scottish variant of “All-Hallows-Evening,” that is, the night before “All Hallows,” which means “All Saints.” The real Halloween party is of Christian…

– Anastasios Epiphanius was born on 310 in Palestine. He was a monk since a very young age and founder of monasteries. He was elected Bishop of Salamis (Cyprus) because of his great holiness. He defended orthodoxy in every way.…

– Rev José Mario O Mandía Aside from the number and dates of the manuscripts of the Sacred Scripture (let us call these “internal evidence”), we can also make use of other works to establish the authenticity of the Scriptures…

– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Estêvão Cacela calls the river Torsa “Ganges,” a classification comprehensible at the time, since all the streams that flowed into the Bay of Bengal were Ganges or Gangá – literally “Indian river.” The author of…

– Fr Leonard E Dollentas More recently, the Oxford English Dictionary added two more Filipino words into its list of some  1,400 Filipino words and phrases the dictionary had listed. Oxford included bongga, “which means extravagant, flamboyant, impressive, stylish or…

On August 27, 2002, two girls from the village of Nyzhne Bolotne (in Western Ukraine) went to a grove to get some water from the spring there. Olenka Kuruts was ten years old, and her friend, Mar’yanka Kobal, was nine…

– Anastasios Cyril was born in Palestine in 315 and was ordained priest in 345. In 351 he was consecrated as Bishop of Jerusalem. For most of his life he will have to face the Arian heresy. He will die…

– Rev José Mario O Mandía Man longs for the infinite, and this longing is expressed in religion. But there are so many religions. Can we just choose the one we like? If so, how can we be sure it…