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Ten years after the landmark 2016 Arbitral Award, the Philippines possesses something more enduring than that favorable legal decision. It holds a testament to the power of international law over intimidation, of reason over coercion, and of principles over power. It stands as enduring proof that...

THROUGH UNTRUE Whenever controversies rock the Church, like the recent excommunication of those who formally adhere to the ultra-traditionalist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), many of us instinctively look to Church leaders and expect them to address and resolve these problems. But to assume that the...

REFLECTIONS TODAY Gospel • Matthew 13:1-9  [or 13:1-23] Interpretations of the Gospel parable often focus on three aspects: spiritual receptivity, spiritual endurance, and spiritual growth and responsibility. Indeed, these three dimensions are at the heart of the parable. First, the parable...

ENDEAVOR Rebecca Quijano sat on a window seat in the China Airlines Flight 811 from Taipei to Manila on Aug. 21, 1983. Shortly after the plane landed and parked in Gate No. 8 of the Manila international airport, she looked out and saw a passenger wearing a white bush jacket being escorted down the...