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                    [Title] => A special day for the innocents
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The former street children residing in Tulay ng Kabataan (TNK) Foundation headquarters in Intramuros got the biggest surprise of their lives when Pope Francis and his entourage visited the orphanage after the Mass at the Manila Cathedral.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134006 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804782 [AuthorName] => Boy Abunda [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/entertainment/20150228/Boy-Abunda-Calayan-Clinic.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1272540 [Title] => A simple Christmas [Summary] =>

You are reading this column on the day of the Holy Innocents in the Catholic calendar.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135494 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805260 [AuthorName] => Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 890850 [Title] => Innocents’ Day and the new Herods of today [Summary] =>

In a clear act of charity and mercy and to ensure that Christians all over the world would never forget so that innocent children wouldn’t die in vain, the Catholic Church always commemorates the day when the Holy Innocents were martyred.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 537459 [Title] => NCCT celebrates Holy Innocents' Day [Summary] =>

The National Council for Children’s Television (NCCT), in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), headed by chairman Vilma Labrador and executive director Cecile Guidote Alvarez through its Kalahi Cultural Caregiving Program opened the first CinePambata Festival to commemorate the Streetchildren’s Day on Dec. 28 at the NCCA Auditorium, Intramuros, Manila.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 536984 [Title] => Holy Innocents and collateral victims [Summary] =>

We have just celebrated the feast of the Holy Innocents.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134343 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096945 [AuthorName] => Fr. Roy Cimagala [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 535407 [Title] => Street children and the Holy Innocents [Summary] =>

December 28, or the fourth day of Christmas in the Roman Catholic calendar, is Childermas or Holy Innocent’s Day. It is a feast to commemorate the first Christian martyrs; the Massacre of the Innocents by King Herod. From the Gospel of Matthew, passage 2:16-18, comes the story.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135429 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 426844 [Title] => The Holy Innocents of our times [Summary] =>

Tomorrow, December 28, is the Feast of the Holy Innocents. Many of us may well know that this day is especially dedicated to honor the memory of the innocent children killed because of Herod’s fear about the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135429 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 381296 [Title] => How Philippine traditions have changed with the times [Summary] => Many people of the present generation have no idea of how some time-honored Philippine traditions have changed through the years. Take the ongoing Ati-Atihan festivities, for example. For years, the Atis of Panay Island have been exercising this as some kind of ritual after soliciting food from the datus of Borneo. [DatePublished] => 2007-01-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135430 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 377087 [Title] => Holy Innocents [Summary] => The Modern Catholic Dictionary compiled by John A. Haradon S.J. has this entry on Holy Innocents: "Martyred boys under two years of age, whom King Herod ordered to be massacred. It was an attempt by Herod to kill the Babe in Bethlehem, who he feared would usurp his kingship (Matthew 2:16-18). Legends carry the members slain in the thousands, but it is now conceded to have been less than two hundred. [DatePublished] => 2006-12-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135430 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 375690 [Title] => The Feast of the Holy Innocents [Summary] => Also known as Childermas in Western countries and Niños Inocentes in our country, the Feast of the Holy Innocents is celebrated every December 28th to honor the memory of the innocent children killed because of Herod’s fear about the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135430 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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