Arrests as women pray at Jerusalem’s Western Wall
Jerusalem police on Friday arrested five ultra-Orthodox Jewish men trying to disrupt landmark prayers by female Jewish activists at the Western Wall plaza in the Holy City.
Jerusalem police on Friday arrested five ultra-Orthodox Jewish men trying to disrupt landmark prayers by female Jewish activists at the Western Wall plaza in the Holy City.
In front of 300 villagers, Halima’s father shot her in the head, stomach and waist — a public execution overseen by local religious leaders in Afghanistan to punish her for an alleged affair.
Moses twice spent 40 days on Mount Sinai without eating or drinking, in mourning over Israel’s sin. Jesus fasted 40 days in the wilderness, being tempted by the devil. Today, the 40 days of fasting started last Feb 13. Through the centuries, fasting continues to be the Christians’ act of humility before God, to seek [...]
If we compare the life of Muhammad (PBUH) before his mission as a prophet and his life after he began his mission, we will conclude that it is beyond reason to think that Muhammad was a false prophet, who claimed prophethood to attain material gain, greatness, glory or power. Before his mission as a prophet, [...]
Coincidence or not, references to the divine and religious that were made during deliberations of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill and last Sunday’s shocker of a Manny Pacquiao knockout defeat are reinforced by today’s date. In the Mayan calendar, Dec. 12, 2012 or 12/12/12 is the date reckoned as the end of the world. If [...]
In his short sleep he dreamt kneading and folding dough to make bread. It is a difficult task requiring much physical stamina. It is stamina which involves the whole body. The dough is set on a table. In front of which he must stand. He folds the batch and then presses down into it using [...]
Is there a place for God in the post-modern world? The priest lamented in his homily how attendance of Sunday masses all over the West has decreased so dramatically to only a “handful.” He accused the post-modernists of not believing in God. From where he sat with his family in the church, one of the [...]
Beato and soon-to-be Saint Pedro Calungsod is being depicted as an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) because in life he went to faraway places to work and support his family. In his time, the work of a helper to a half-blind Jesuit missionary spreading the faith in the land of the Chamorros in the Marianas Islands [...]
A three-foot image of the Visayan martyr Pedro Calungsod will be brought to Rome as a “passenger” for the Oct. 21 canonization rites. The wooden sculpture of the soon-to-be declared saint will leave Cebu at 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 16, said Fr. Charles Jayme, official custodian of the Calungsod image. The honor accorded to Pedro [...]
The state-run University of the Philippines is stopping students from showing an anti-Muslim video that has sparked violent protests around the globe.
Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Thursday that he hopes the violence that has erupted over a film disparaging the Prophet Mohammed will die down.
The inflammatory anti-Islam film that has triggered rioting across the Muslim world was produced by a US religious group called Media for Christ and reportedly directed by a pornographer.
When I woke up this morning and gazed beyond the balcony, something caught my eye. Across from us, next to the road and an idle lot, on space long ruled by weeds and wild papaya, posts stood, upwards of twenty in my count. Something was being built, a fact confirmed by a small bunkhouse on the side, near which I noticed a group of men going about the morning—washing, readying breakfast, or just sitting idly by, letting the night’s cobwebs dissipate with the haze.
