How to help the Philippines improve: the effective way

If we want to improve Philippine society, then we have to choose judiciously the right priority areas where we can help, so our actions can ...

Teachings of Benedict XVI; a summary

Here are my contributions to the section on Teachings in the article on Benedict XVI in Wikipedia . "Friendship with Jesus Christ"...

God yes, Church no?

Excerpts of an interview with Cardinal Ratzinger. I put together here my own translation of the interview found here and a partial translat...

Ratzinger on contraception

Salt of the Earth Peter Seewald interviews Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Ignatius Press, 1997) Your Eminence, many Christians do not understand...

God's kingship: an impregnable love and an inventiveness that finds man by ways that are always new

By Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger in Co-Workers of the Truth: Meditations for Every Day of the Year The Feast of Christ the King is of recent ori...

Benedict XVI on the Shroud of Turin: an invitation to recognize the face of God

He said that the coming exposition of the Shroud on May 2010 ""will provide an appropriate moment to contemplate that mysterious f...

Benedict XVI: Escriva knew that we cannot make ourselves holy

Homily of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, at the thanksgiving Mass for the beatification of Josemaría Escrivá, In the Church of the Twelve Apostl...

Benedict XVI - Renewal of the world depends to a great extent on rediscovering confession!

Benedict XVI said in Washington D.C. last May: To a great extent, the renewal of the Church in America and throughout the world depends on t...

Agnosticism: Question of God is a question of that which is above us

I posted this at Wikipedia: According to Ratzinger, if the question of the knowability of God is not addressed, then “agnosticisim would in ...

Why Benedict's first two encyclicals are on love and hope

The answer to this question is found in an earlier post: Benedict's main point in his book, Jesus of Nazareth. "What did Jesus ...

Faith and Myths

An op-ed I wrote for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, 26 May 2005 THE saint-maker himself will be made a saint. Benedict XVI has just announce...

How can I be holy if I am so weak and full of mistakes?

You and I, as everybody else, are called to holiness. This is an established fact in Catholic doctrine. Now the question is: How can I be a ...

Sanctity through prayer (John Paul II) and Love through contemplation (Benededict XVI)

John Paul II: Sanctity through a training in prayer John Paul II : Sanctity through a training in prayer is the most important priority...