My sponsorship for Bishop Ablon in the sponsorship program “Parliamentarians protect parliamentarians” of the German Bundestag. As part of the sponsorship program “Parliamentarians protect parliamentarians” (PsP) of the German Bundestag, I sponsored Bishop Antonio Ablon from the Philippines. Bishop Ablon, who campaigns for the indigenous Lumads in Mindanao, was publicly branded as a terrorist and NPA […]
Author: Bishop Antonio Ablon
Diocesan Bishop, Diocese of Pagadian, Iglesia Filipina Independiente in Zambonga del Sur, Western Mindanao. President of the Mindanao Bishops Conference, Regional Chairperson - KARAPATAN Western Mindanao.
At Kelkheim, Heidelberg, Berlin, and Bonn in Germany
Kelkheim is a town in the Main-Taunus district in Hesse, Germany. In June 2019, I spent two weeks in the residence of The Revd Franz Segbers and wife Victoria. Franz toured me to meet friends in the churches, Foreign Ministry, members of the German parliament in Berlin, institutions and organizations for human rights and justice […]
Visit To Lumad Ancestral Domain
A shared reflection of Emma Bridger, a Reasearcher from the United Society Partners in the Gospel (USPG). I arrived in the Philippines at the beginning of February to begin a piece of collaborative research that seeks to understand the theological motivations and reasonings that drive the mission of the IFI with the Lumad people, the […]
You Want To Be A Millionaire?
March 1, 2020, First Sunday in Lent. A reflection on Matthew 4:1-11 Jesus survived the test and unlike the first man, in Adam, he did not succumb to temptation. Jesus must now be ready for all the hardships that his ministry might bring him. The story might not at all be true just like all […]
Lecture In Anti-War House, Sieverhausen, Lehrte, Germany.
On Sunday, 23 February 2020 with the facilitation of the Hamburg Foundation I did a lecture on the situation of the lumads, the indigenous peoples in Mindanao, sponsored by the Anti-War House in Sieverhausen, Lehrte, Germany. The Lumads and the Moro people are the original inhabitants in Mindanao. We are only settlers in the land. […]
“Remember Man That You Are Dust And To Dust You Shall Return!”
February 26, 2020, Ash Wednesday. A reflection on Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Today is the beginning of the 40 days Lenten season and on our forehead is imposed molten ash moisture with the oil of catechumen with the priest reciting the formula, “Remember man that you are dust and to dust you shall return!” In his […]
The Revd Bernd Wallet Is Elected New Archbishop of Utrecht
The Old Catholic Church of Utrecht, The Netherlands has elected on the 15th of February 2020 The Revd Bernd Wallet as the 17th Archbishop since its formal founding in 1723. He is elected after Archbishop Joris Vercammen retired on the 11th of January. Archbishop Wallet is also the 84e successor of St. Willibrord the first […]
NO TO ABS-CBN SHUTDOWN!
I will just share my random thoughts with the issue on the renewal of the ABS-CBN franchise and ask the question, is there a plot against the network? 1. No less than the president has repeatedly said that he will his best that ABS-CBN will be closed. In one or two instances he said the […]
All I Want Is To Inspire People
Sharing to you a poem of my brother, Fr. Chris Ablon while he was sitting on a bus, travelling to and from one diocese to another for doing his task in the national program office of the church. While sitting on this bus On my third day straight of day and night trip To cross […]
Get Up And Do Not Be Afraid.
February 23, 2020, Transfiguration Sunday. A reflection on Matthew 17:1-9. “Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” (v4) Did Peter react in the wrong way? No, he was just […]
