On February 22, 1986, Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin makes an urgent appeal to Filipinos to go to the vicinity of Camp Aguinaldo where the two senior officials were holed up after withdrawing support for dictator Ferdinand Marcos
SILVESTRE Afable, until now, remains awestruck with the “mercurial emotions” of over a million people who took to the streets for a four-day vigil to protect military rebels during the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution. As the Ministry of National Defense (MND) information service chief, he was the only civilian…
The Diocese of Pasig has formally launched the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of known catechist Laureana “Ka Luring” Franco who offered her life serving the diocese and the poor.
Laureana Franco (Facebook image) Pasig Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara made the announcement to coincide with th
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Even though tomorrow’s commemoration of the 1986 People Power Revolution might be subdued as what has been happening these past few years, it’s my firm belief that never shall the EDSA spirit be lost on Filipinos.
Indeed, no matter how that shining period in our nation’s history is observed, whether ceremonies are superb or simple and quiet, there will always be in each one of us the capacity to unite, sacrifice, rise up, and risk death for love of country.
Those four days in 1986 –February 22 to 25 – gave our country one of its proudest moments as international news headlines bannered the “bloodless revolution that surprised the world” and honored the courage of common folks and religious people to confront advancing tanks and troops, armed only with prayers, flowers, and food.