Live LIFE

Magandang buhay!

Praise God for the partnership with PSSA (Pregnancy Support Services of Asia)! What a blessing to begin this journey together in supporting life and strengthening families.

We’re also grateful for our initial meeting as we prepare for the upcoming event this July. May God continue to guide our plans and use this collaboration for His greater purpose.

All glory to God! 💛

This Lent, we walk not only with our feet but with our hearts. The Penitential Walk for Life 2026 is a call to prayer, repentance, and unity as we stand for the sacred gift of life.

Walk for Life! Walk for Unity as One Nation!

📍 Intramuros Manila
🗓️ March 20, 2026
⏱️ 3 to 8:30 PM��

Things to bring:
• Umbrella
• Rosary
• White shirt
• Face Towel
• Water

⚪️ WEAR WHITE ⚪️

For inquiries, please text or call: John Philip Dela Vega at 09398413718

This March, we journey through Lent with the Holy Family as our guide.

Mary, who carried Life within her.
Joseph, who protected Life with courage.

As we honor women and celebrate St. Joseph, may we also renew our commitment to defend and cherish every human life.

Pinili ka ng buhay, kaya piliin mo ang buhay. 🫀

Sa bawat pusong pumipili ng tama, sa bawat taong nagtatanggol sa buhay, may bagong pag-asang umuusbong.

Hindi lang ito isang buwan — ito ay isang paninindigan.

Abortion is forbidden, yet it still happens. In light of this reality, let us be reminded that every life is a gift from God. From the moment of conception, a new and unique life begins—one that deserves to be valued, protected, and cherished, and given the opportunity to experience the fullness of life.

As the pro-life month ends, let us continue to foster a culture that upholds the dignity of every unborn child while supporting women facing unplanned or difficult pregnancies. May our actions be guided by love, understanding, and compassion for both mother and child.

𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐔𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧

𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓,
𝒊𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒎 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆.

𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒅. 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔—𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆.

𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔, 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆. 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆.

𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕, 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑺𝒐𝒏, 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕, 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒅, 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓.

𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒏.

The culture of death is taking a troubling turn.

A controversial device called the Sarco Pod, originally designed to allow individuals to end their lives with nitrogen gas at the press of a button, is now being developed with artificial intelligence to assess whether someone is “fit” to die. Instead of requiring real human oversight, an AI avatar could soon replace the careful discernment traditionally done by psychiatrists — a move that risks normalizing death as a “choice” rather than valuing accompanying those who suffer. 

Life is a gift from God, and our dignity does not diminish in suffering, aging, or illness.

We are called to accompany, care, and uphold the preciousness of life — not to embrace tools that make ending it seem easy or automated. 🙏

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Why does the Catholic Church oppose IVF? 🤔

The Church teaches that every human life is sacred from the moment of conception. While the desire to have a child is deeply good and understandable, not every method of achieving pregnancy respects the full dignity of human life and marriage.

IVF separates procreation from the marital act, often results in the freezing or destruction of embryos, and may involve third parties outside the marriage bond. Because each embryo is already a human person, the Church calls us to protect their dignity from the very beginning.

The Church’s “no” to IVF is not a rejection of couples who struggle with infertility. It is a call to uphold both the dignity of marriage and the dignity of every human life.

“𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒈𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚.”

In his homily during the Opening Eucharistic Celebration of the CBCP–Episcopal Commission on Family and Life National Conference at Balanghai Hotel, Butuan City

Rooted in Eucharistic theology, this message reflects the mystery of Christ’s abiding presence. Just as Jesus remains with His Church in the Eucharist, faithful, self-giving, and unwavering, so too are families called to mirror this covenantal love. To “stay” is not mere endurance, but a participation in Christ’s sacrificial fidelity. In choosing presence over withdrawal, forgiveness over resentment, and communion over isolation, the family becomes a living sign of God’s steadfast love.

In this way, perseverance within the family is not simply human effort; it is grace at work Christ dwelling where love chooses to remain.

We proclaim what is true with courage, we extend and reach out to our brothers and sisters who are in those irregular situations. As family ministers, we are entrusted with the future of evangelization in our country. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚.

Fr. William Santiago
Guest Speaker

On his talk entitled: Where Truth and Mercy Meet: A Theological Trajectory from Familiaris Consortio and Amoris Laetitia during the CBCP-Episcopal Commission on Family and Life National Conference at Balanghai Hotel, Butuan City

PH AMONG LAST WITHOUT DIVORCE 💔

Days before Valentine’s Day, we’re sharing this fact: Only two countries in the world prohibit divorce — Vatican City and the Philippines.

Meanwhile, the Philippines allows annulment, which is distinct from divorce and is generally expensive and time-consuming to obtain.

Marriage is holy—but it is not perfect.

Couples will experience seasons of brokenness and wounds that feel heavy to carry. But we believe that grace is strongest where love is tested. With God, what is broken can be healed, and what feels lost can be made new. Your marriage is worth fighting for because God is faithful, even in the hardest seasons.