What I Took With My Morning Coffee

At least five bishops have been blogging since 2005, but only three of these five have continued to blog to the present. The blog of Archbishop Capalla is no longer updated but the one of Archbishop Oscar Cruz covers even the elections. In the blog called "The Pampanga Phenomenon" he writes about... Sign in to see full entry.

King Herod’s tomb, if verified, will indeed be a major find. Anything from the first century is. And this isn’t due to the desire of finding the bible inerrant, as some fundamentalists would think. There are also other reasons, like the plain love for history. Herod is a fascinating historical... Sign in to see full entry.

DC is resurrecting the Batwoman who was killed off in 1979 into a lesbian superhero(ine?). "We decided to give her a different point of view," explained Dan DiDio, vice president and executive editor at DC. "We wanted to make her a more unique personality than others in the Bat-family. That's one of... Sign in to see full entry.

Brian St. Paul has written an article for the e-Crisis magazine about the media sensation called "The Gospel of Judas". He points out certain things that I have written in two previous articles. He points out that Gnostism has other forms as well, e.g. Judaic, and is parasitic in nature. Below is... Sign in to see full entry.

I saw a reply of the National Geographic special of the Gospel of Judas on Holy Thursday between 2AM and 4AM (GMT +8). The account of the authentication of the papyrus presented no problem to me since whether the document is a "Gospel of Judas" does not depend on antiquity. We know that even the... Sign in to see full entry.

The National Geographic presented a special a few days ago on a purported "Gospel" of Judas in Coptic. They also have it in their website. The publication of their "findings" on this lost gospel has caught the imagination of reporters. The NY Times even has a catchy title for it: ' Gospel of Judas'... Sign in to see full entry.

This morning, the President's Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye came out with reports regarding a second coup attempt that was foiled early this morning. Involved in this attempt is a general of the Philippine Marines. Because of this, the President's Proclamation 1017 declaring the Philippines under a... Sign in to see full entry.

Now, even Danish websites are getting defaced by angry Moslems because of those offensive Mohammed cartoons... It was about time the freedom of the press and the democratic nature of joking with politicians takes its hit. But why with spiritual leaders? The contradictive Muhammad cartoons sparkled a... Sign in to see full entry.

It was supposed to be the shows anniversary. Cash gifts were on hand for distribution, and many came to watch, enjoy the afternoon and perhaps even return home with some goodies. HOUSEWIFE Esperanza Marasigan wailed in despair as she searched for her missing relatives among the scores of people... Sign in to see full entry.

Politicians and the media were expecting to hear from the Bishops regarding the following issues: No-El Cha-Cha Military Coup They got what they wanted and more. The most recent CBCP Pastoral Statement concentrates on the erosion of moral values as the root of the problem in the Philippines and came... Sign in to see full entry.