25/02/2026
"๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ. ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ท๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐; ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐.โ
Proverbs 31:8-9
In 1986, the Church did not sit in silence. Led by the Spirit and the call of the late Cardinal Sin, nuns, priests, and the laity stood as a human shield of prayer against the tanks of a dictatorship. We remember EDSA because it was the moment the Filipino people reclaimed their dignity from decades of oppression under the first Marcos administration.
Today, as the same name returns to the halls of power, our mission as a People of God remains exactly the same. We do not remember out of spite, but out of a sacred duty to protect our history from being rewritten. The Churchโs role is to be a permanent prophet of truth, reminding every administration that authority is a gift from the people and a responsibility before the Creator.
With the widespread disinformation and the red-tagging of those who speak for the marginalized, our vigilance is more critical than ever. We face a landscape where historical revisionism seeks to polish the past while current issues of economic inequality, human rights concerns, and the erosion of checks and balances challenge our nation's pace. As a community of faith, we must refuse to be silenced by political convenience and the lure of moving on without justice.
Let us celebrate tomorrow not as a finished victory, but as a living commitment to never let the darkness of lies and oppression dim the light of our democracy.
Caption by Louie Ayade/Ang Batingaw
Layout by: Jomarie Sanchez
