Fr Desmond Morrison

Fr Desmond Morrison

Fr Desmond Morrison passed away in Big Hearts Care Home, Parañaque, Manila, after a long illness. He had spent 66 years of his missionary life in the Philippines. He was born in Dublin on 28 February 1925 and grew up in Derry where he attended Waterside Primary School...
Climate Justice is the Right of the Poor

Climate Justice is the Right of the Poor

Climate injustice impacts the innocent poor much harder than the guilty rich and the problem is social, environmental and political, writes Fr Shay Cullen. When I hike into the hills and mountains of Zambales with the Aeta indigenous farmers, their children and...
Speaking Truth to Power is a Moral Obligation

Speaking Truth to Power is a Moral Obligation

In the wake of the recent assassination of journalist Percival Mabasa, Fr Shay Cullen warns that the Philippines is among the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist apart from war zones. Truth-telling is the work of journalists, writers and broadcasters...
Reflection: September/October 2022 Far East magazine

Reflection: September/October 2022 Far East magazine

Three significant events keep niggling at me as I reflect on life in recent months: the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the presidential election in the Philippines, and the synodal process in the Church. There might be no obvious connection between these three but there...