Veritas PH

The WORD. The TRUTH.

Conscience Call and Prayer Rally against Death Penalty

SHARE THE TRUTH

 247 total views

Circular 2016-14
On the Death Penalty

Brothers and sisters in Lingayen Dagupan:

The death penalty bill is being pushed for approval in Congress before Christmas. What a tragedy if this would be passed in this holy season of Christ’s birth. The death penalty is “prowling like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” (1Peter 5:8)

I am calling on the God loving people of the Archdiocese of Lingayen Dagupan to come together in prayer to resist the threat of the death penalty in our country. The death penalty is contrary to our Catholic moral life.

In all the anticipated Masses on December 10 and in all the Masses of December 11, Third Sunday of Advent, the enclosed Prayer Against the Death Penalty must be prayed INSTEAD of the Prayers of the Faithful.

All the parish church bells must ring for FIFTEEN MINUTES at SIX O’CLOCK in the EVENING for three evenings on December 10, 11 and 12. This is a CONSCIENCE call to stand up for life.

On December 12, 2016, Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, we shall hold a PRAYER RALLY FOR LIFE at the Parish of Saint Dominic, San Carlos City.

I am calling on all our Catholic schools, social action ministers, catechists, youth leaders, BEC leaders to encourage our Catholic faithful to attend this prayer rally and defend human life.

There will be a Mass at 3:00 pm inside the parish church. Right after Mass, we shall hold a March Against the Death Penalty around the plaza. We will converge at the city plaza and hold a candle lighting memorial prayer for all the victims of violence afterwards.

PLEASE WEAR WHITE.

We know that Pope Francis blesses us as we rally, because the Holy Father himself has called for a worldwide abolition of the death penalty declaring that the commandment “Thou shall not kill” is valid for the guilty as for the innocent.

In resisting the threat of the restoration of the death penalty, we cannot be disunited or indifferent. On this pro-life issue let us truly unite. Come out and make a stand!

Sincerely yours,
+SOCRATES B. VILLEGAS
Archbishop of Lingayen Dagupan

ads
2
3
4
previous arrow
next arrow

Veritas Editorial

Rev. Fr. Anton CT Pascual

Rev. Fr. Anton CT Pascual

President of Radio Veritas

Damay tayo sa eleksyon sa Amerika

 7,742 total views

 7,742 total views Mga Kapanalig, makasaysayan ang muling pagkakaluklok ni President-elect Donald Trump bilang pangulo ng Estados Unidos. Makasaysayan ito dahil maliban sa muli siyang inihalal, siya ang unang pangulo ng Amerika na may mahigit tatlumpung kaso; nahatulan siya sa isa sa mga ito. Siya rin ang presidenteng humarap sa dalawang impeachment cases noong una niyang

Read More »

Resilience at matibay na pananampalataya sa Panginoon

 17,857 total views

 17,857 total views Kapanalig, taglay at nanalaytay sa mga ugat nating Pilipino ang katangian ng pagiging resilience at may matatag na pananampalataya sa Panginoon. Ito ang nagbibigay ng pag-asa, bumubuhay sa ating mga Pilipino na tumayo at bumangon kahit dapang-dapa na, kahit lugmok na lugmok na. Nilugmok tayo ng husto ng bagyong Yolanda, 7.2 magnitude na

Read More »

Phishing, Smishing, Vishing

 27,434 total views

 27,434 total views Kapanalig, ikaw ba ay naghahanap ng “love online”? mag-ingat po sa paghahanap ng “wrong love” sa mga cybercriminal. Lumabas sa pag-aaral ng global information and insight company na TRANSUNION na ang Pilipinas po ang top targets ng online love scams. Ang PHISHING ay uri ng scam sa pamamagitan ng pagpapadala ng emails at

Read More »

Veritas Editorial Writer Writes 30

 47,423 total views

 47,423 total views Kapanalig, sumakabilang buhay na ang isa sa “longtime”(matagal) na Radio Veritas editorial writer na si Lourdes “Didith” Mendoza Rivera noong ika-9 ng Nobyembre 2024. Tuluyang iginupo si “Didith” ng sakit na breast sa edad na 48-taong gulang. Naulila ni Mam Didith ang asawang si Florencio Rivera Jr., at dalawang anak na babae. Nagtapos

Read More »

Climate justice, ngayon na!

 38,527 total views

 38,527 total views Mga Kapanalig, habang isinusulat natin ang editoryal na ito, nag-iwan ng matinding pinsala sa mga lalawigan sa Hilagang Luzon ang Bagyong Marce, ang panlabintatlong bagyong pumasok sa Philippine Area of Responsibility. Hindi pa nga lubusang nakababangon ang rehiyon mula sa hagupit ng Bagyong Leon, heto at lubog na naman sa baha ang maraming

Read More »
catholink
Shadow
truthshop
Shadow

Related Story

Pastoral Letter
Riza Mendoza

DON’T LEAVE GOD WHEN YOU VOTE

 19,407 total views

 19,407 total views Pastoral Message in the Archdiocese of Lingayen Dagupan for the 2019 Mid Term Elections Brothers and sisters in Christ in Lingayen Dagupan: All elections are important. Each vote is the power of the people to choose their leaders. It is the backbone of democracy. The candidates are job applicants for vacant positions. They

Read More »
Pastoral Letter
Riza Mendoza

GOD IS LOVE

 19,320 total views

 19,320 total views Fatherly Message to the Youth and Children of the Archdiocese of Lingayen Dagupan My dear children of God in the Archdiocese of Lingayen Dagupan: Through social media, you have been sadly exposed to the cursing, threats and shaming by the President of our country. Choose to love him nevertheless, but stay in the

Read More »
Pastoral Letter
Riza Mendoza

HE IS INSANE. HE IS POSSESSED.

 19,300 total views

 19,300 total views Gospel Meditation for Sunday June 10, 2018 based on Mark 3:20 Jesus was thought to be insane by his relatives. They wanted to bring Him home by force. Jesus was thought to be possessed by the Scribes because His powers looked superhuman. Jesus had been called many names and accused of many crimes

Read More »
Pastoral Letter
Riza Mendoza

TURNING TO MARY IN OUR NEED

 19,300 total views

 19,300 total views Today is the feast of Mary Help of Christians. Mary the Helper is as old as the title Mary the Mother. This devotion was the armament of the Popes in the past against the attacks of kings and emperors on the Church. The devotion to Mary Help of Christians has been the recourse

Read More »
Pastoral Letter
Riza Mendoza

CBCP President Message for Lent and Easter

 19,422 total views

 19,422 total views Lent and Easter My brothers and sisters in the Lord! I am grateful for this opportunity to share with you myLenten and Easter message, my thoughts and reflections these days. I have to tell you that I have been very much inspired by the Lenten Message of our Holy Father for us this

Read More »
Pastoral Letter
Riza Mendoza

Should you blindly follow those Holy Week traditions?

 29,052 total views

 29,052 total views By: Archbishop Socrates Villegas Holy Week is about what Christ has done for humanity. Let the memory of God’s mercy sink in without any compulsion to do something. Just relish His mercy and bask in the radiance of His love. During Holy Week, tell God “Thank you.” Holy Week is not what men

Read More »
Pastoral Letter
Riza Mendoza

FILIPINO CITIZENS AND CITIZENS OF HEAVEN

 19,292 total views

 19,292 total views Pastoral Moral Guidelines for Our Catholic Faithful in the Archdiocese of Lingayen Dagupan Dear brothers and sisters in Christ: For some time now, the President and his followers have campaigned aggressively for the revision of the Constitution to establish a federal government. As your pastor, I discern the responsibility to enlighten in the

Read More »
Pastoral Letter
Riza Mendoza

INVITATION TO START THE HEALING

 19,291 total views

 19,291 total views Our Catholic Bishops in the Philippines appealed for a season of mourning and prayers for the dead from September 23 until November 1 this year, by daily rosary, church bell ringing and candle lighting at eight o’clock each night for the victims of the spreading culture of killings. The whole message of this

Read More »
Pastoral Letter
Riza Mendoza

LORD HEAL OUR LAND(cf. 2 Chronicles 7:14)

 19,308 total views

 19,308 total views Our brothers and sisters in Christ: Kian, Carl, Reynaldo…they were young boys, enjoying life, loving sons of parents who doted on them. Now an entire nation knows them by name because their lives have been snuffed out so cruelly, their dreams and aspirations forever consigned to the sad realm of “what could have

Read More »
Pastoral Letter
Riza Mendoza

ANG KAMPANA NG KONSENSIYA!

 19,274 total views

 19,274 total views Panawagan sa Bayan ng Diyos sa Archdiocese ng Lingayen Dagupan Ang gulo ng bayan! Parami nang parami ang mga ulila sa magulang, sa asawa at sa anak. Pakiusap na “Huwag po!” naririnig sa mga eskinita at tambakan. Patayan sa magdamag. Panaghoy at hikbi sa madaling araw galing sa mga ulila. Ang multo ng

Read More »
Pastoral Letter
Riza Mendoza

CONSECRATE THEM IN THE TRUTH

 19,317 total views

 19,317 total views Brothers and sisters in Christ: A key dimension of Jesus’ mission was to preach the truth, and in His high priestly prayer, He prayed that His disciples might be consecrated in the truth. We, the Filipino nation, are part of the community of disciples for whom He prayed. At his trial, the question

Read More »
Pastoral Letter
Riza Mendoza

AND GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD…

 19,283 total views

 19,283 total views God saw all that he had made…and it was all very good! The Christian must nurture earth and care for creation, for so is the Creator paid homage and done reverence. Creation bears the Divine imprint, and they who deface it transgress against God’s sovereignty. For too long now, we have dealt with

Read More »
Pastoral Letter
Riza Mendoza

Post-Permanent Council Meeting CBCP Pastoral Statement on Death Penalty

 19,288 total views

 19,288 total views “God proved his love for us that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Rom 5:8) On this third Sunday of Lent, the Gospel of John tells us how the Samaritan woman—having found in Jesus the “living water” she had longed for—left her jar of water by the well (John 4:28).

Read More »
Pastoral Letter
Riza Mendoza

Prayer To Heal Our Land

 19,298 total views

 19,298 total views We turn to God in fervent prayer to heal our land. We beg the Lord to pour forth upon us the passion NOT for vengeance but for justice. We humbly pray to the Lord who called Himself the Truth to set our hearts aflame for the truth, the truth that sets all of

Read More »

Latest Blogs

Scroll to Top