Francis is rattling conservatives in his church again. Short of recognizing same-sex marriages, he has softened his stand on homosexuals, if not on the issue itself: They are no longer the abomination that the church has regarded them.
This Sunday, April 27, when the two past popular popes, John XXIII and John Paul Il, will be proclaimed as saints, Roman Catholics will observe the Feast of the Divine Mercy by doing works of mercy, going to confession and receiving Holy Communion to avail of the extraordinary promise by the lord of complete forgiveness for sins and punishment.
On September 15, from the windows of the Dabu Building on Elias Angeles Street in Naga City, Ali Rich Garcia and I, with Mama Josefa Dabu, Carmelita Dabu and others, saw tens of thousands of men, rich and poor, walking barefoot as they followed the carrozas of the “Divino Rostro” (Holy Face of Jesus) and Our Lady of Peñafrancia.
