RH Bill vs. Five Levels of Self-Transcendence W. Ysaac, S.J. The Reproductive Health (RH) bill is “a mindset and a value system” that are “secularist, materialistic, individualistic and hedonistic in the guise of development and modernity.” Thus, according to the CBCP...

During the Theological Forum on “Theological Views on Religions and Cultures” held last July 21-23, 2011 at the Loyola School of Theology, Fr. James Kroeger, M.M., Professor of Systematic Theology and Missiology at LST, delivered a paper entitled, “An...

The Reproductive Health (RH) bill is “a mindset and a value system” that are “secularist, materialistic, individualistic and hedonistic in the guise of development and modernity.” Thus, according to the CBCP statement during the “dialogue” meeting last May 10, 2011...

A thoughtful perusal of the Acts and Decrees of the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines will show there are two basic and central topics that were the foundation and presupposition of the reflections and discussions of the Council: Christology and Ecclesiology....

The following pages contain the corrections introduced by the Congregation for Bishops into the text of the PCP II Resolutions as found in the Acts and Resolutions of the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines and as sent to Rome for review and approval...

The Council presents us all with a vision for the renewal of the Church, the whole Church in the Philippines: "This is our vision. That all may have life. We shall have to create a free nation: where human dignity and solidarity are respected and promoted; where moral...

It is very difficult to evaluate events in the Church in the Philippines after the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines (PCP II) without having an understanding of what kind of council PCP II is. This understanding, therefore, will be our starting point. Then, we...

Pope John XXIII set in motion the greatest event in the recent history of Roman Catholicism when he summoned in 1959 the Second Vatican Council; he envisioned this assembly as focused on "how we ought to renew ourselves, so that we may be found increasingly faithful...

It has been said that the camel is an animal designed by a committee. By accommodating everyone's taste you end up with an ungainly, improbable type of beast. In the case of the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines (PCP II), which was in session from...