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Gruesome Execution
On Tuesday, August 19, 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) released a video that shows the gruesome beheading of American journalist James Foley. The extremist group threatened to kill another captured
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Math and Aftermath
Many years ago while taking an electrical engineering class at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, I was thoroughly impressed by my professor, a Prof. Bartolome Blanco, who solved a differential equation with
Read More »Our National Hero
The greatest Filipino who ever lived is not Manny Pacquiao who might be the most popular having beaten most of the top boxers in several divisions. He could be the Filipino who made the
Read More »The Canonization of Sts. John XXIII and John Paul II
On April 27, 2014, the Divine Mercy Sunday, two recent but most deserving popes, John XXIII and John Paul II, were canonized by Pope Francis in front of almost a million enthusiastic spectators which
Read More »The Philippine Pledge of Allegiance
Recently, I received an email from my good friend and the husband of my wife’s cousin Andy from Bulacan which contained nothing but the following: Panatang Makabayan Iniibig ko ang Pilipinas. Ito ang aking
Read More »Ode to My Wife
I do work many years Bringing home the pay check But I have no eyes and ears And little above the neck I don’t see her working Nor do I hear her groan I’m
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Is Pope Francis a Breath of Fresh Air?
When the white smoke came out of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on March 13, 2013 and a cardinal came out to announce “Habemus papam”, there was a wild cry of elation and
Read More »The Vatican II after Fifty Years
The year 1962, fifty years ago, was a very memorable year. In April of 1961, the United States with Cuban rebels launched the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba with the intention to
Read More »A Seven-Year Itch
Seven is often referred to as the complete number, biblically and colloquially. In the bible, God completed His creation in seven days. There are seven days in a week. There are seven continents and
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Father Emmett Retires
It is with deepest regret that the parish priest of our church here in Regina, Father Emmett Morrissey, retired on August 1 after eighteen years. He was perhaps the best priest in town, dearly
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