‘OSCAR V. CRUZ’ Archives
What’s happening?
BY : OSCAR V. CRUZ THERE is much truth to the claim: “It’s more fun in the Philippines!” Yes, there are those beaches with their sand, gentle waters and clean surrounding. Yes, there are places in the country that are still luxuriously verdant and impressive to behold as they still remain untouched—not yet exploited, not yet [...]
Pope Francis – Mabuhay!
BY : ABP. OSCAR CRUZ IT can be said that practically the whole world—of every race, color, and creed—watched with awe and respect, with interest and fascination if not with but curiosity and inquisitiveness—the recently concluded Papal Conclave which received long and repeated international tri-media coverage. And this is not saying [...]
Papal Election
In 1996, the good and kind Blessed Pope John Paul II formally issued a document called the “Constitution of the Universal flock of the Lord” specifically meant to lay down the normative provisions for the election of a new Pope – upon either the resignation or death of the previous one. These are substantially the same official norms [...]
1983 Code of Canon Law
THE Catholic Church is to this date, more than two thousand years old – and counting. It is the one and only Church that has membership from people of different races and colors from all parts of the globe. It is the one and only Church that is universal in scope as it is an Institution found in all the continents of the world. It is [...]
Pathological Gambling
THE administration continuously trumpets its alleged incarnate integrity by going after (few, chosen, and selected) corrupt public officials. It insistently proclaims its already annoying claim of threading the “Daang Matuwid.” It is however not a secret that the Philippine government is the most infamous and much addicted gambler in [...]
Psychological Tests
WITHOUT delving into its scientific and technical nature and implications, a “Psychological Test” – if not a downright evaluation by one or more competent psychiatrist – has one over-all finality: To know the personality constitution of an individual usually in terms of his or her interior attributions and liabilities. Even the 1988 [...]
Divorce and question marks
THERE are a good number of not only elementary but also concrete questions that come to mind when rather close allies of Malacanang especially in the Legislative Department as well as from the secular and/or ideological sectors of society, are earnestly and repeatedly batting for the institution of divorce in the Philippines. They use all known [...]
Philippine politics
PHILIPPINE Politics is curious and intriguing, interesting and entertaining—and particularly detestable as well as disgusting. Philippine politics is not simply for the vicious but also for the avaricious, not merely for those wanting to serve but the more so, for those wanting to be served much and well. Philippine politics is the origin of [...]
Something is Wrong
by ARCHBISHOP OSCAR V. CRUZ WOULD that everything were all right with the Philippine Government, with Philippine Democracy, with the People of the Philippines! Would that the Legislature enact needed and relevant laws, the Executive able and satisfactorily implement them, and the Judiciary accordingly act on their violations! Would that [...]
True or false
by ARCHBISHOP OSCAR V. CRUZ THERE is a good amount of interesting news about the Philippines, more specifically in conjunction with the present administration and the economic plight of the Filipinos as a whole. Malacañang and understandably its rah-rah boys are consistent and insistent in claiming that there is a fast and marked on-going [...]
