Women priests and desert mothers

Philippine |Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo In the news recently was the call of a leading Catholic nun in Germany for the ordination of women into the priesthood, a call that is not new but still unheeded. Christa Pongratz-Lippitt of La Croix International wrote about Sister Ruth Schönenberger, who was quoted as saying: “It is surely only natural for women to be priests and I cannot understand the reasons given as to why not.” In...

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Book launch invitation

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'Press Freedom Under Siege' (2)

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/ by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo   Excerpts from the preface that I wrote for “Press Freedom Under Siege: Reportage that Challenged the Marcos Dictatorship” (University of the Philippines Press, 433 pages, 7” x 10”), of which I am the editor and among the authors included:   “Read about the murder by the military of Kalinga chief Macli-ing Dulag, the plight of the Atas of Mindanao, the Las Navas massacre, the...

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'Press Freedom Under Siege' (1)

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo    Excerpts from the preface that I wrote for “Press Freedom Under Siege: Reportage that Challenged the Marcos Dictatorship” (University of the Philippines Press, 433 pages, 7” x 10”), soon to be launched, of which I am the editor and among the authors included:   “Those were years of writing dangerously, we would say. But, for a good few, fearless writing never really stopped...

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Vilifying rural missionaries

Philippine Daily Inquirer/OPINION/by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo   From the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) comes a statement condemning the government’s vilification of the organization by portraying it as a “communist front.” The Red-tagging and accusation of trafficking tribal children was made through a report sent last month to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights by National Security Council deputy director...

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