Martyr of Rome, with Concordia and other companions, he is a controversial figure who censured Pope St. Callistus I. Hippolytus was slain in Sardinia where he had been exiled for being elected as an antipope, the first in the history of the Church. He was reconciled to the Church before his martyrdom. His writings were important, including A Refutation of All Heresies, Song of Songs, and The Apostolic Tradition. Read More »
Martyr of Vietnam. He was the mayor of a town in Vietnam when the persecution of Christians started. Michael was martyred with Blessed Anthony Dich, his son-in-law, and with St. James Nam. He was canonized in 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Read More »
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The More Intelligent Candidate
This incident supposedly happened before the “ERAP PRESIDENCY”.
The most intelligent of the “presidentiables”(Pinoy term for presidential candidates), Miriam Santiago, challenged the less intelligent “presidentiable” to a televised debate. To make things interesting, Miriam said that every time she’d ask him a question which he could not answer, Erap has to pay her five pesos. BUT if Erap asked Miriam a question which she cannot answer, she has to give Erap five thousand pesos. Miriam asked the first question:
“What’s the distance from the earth to the moon? “
Without saying anything, Erap reached for his wallet, pulled out a five-peso bill and handed it to Miriam. Then when his turn came, he asked her:
“What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with four?”
Miriam looked at him with a puzzled look. She whipped out her laptop and searched all her references. She tappped into the phone with her modem and browsed the Net. Frustrated, she sent E-mails to all her aides, assistants, and friends. All to no avail. After over an hour, she gave up and gave Erap five 1000-peso bills. Erap again said nothing, but politely accepted the P5,000 pesos and turned away to go home. Being a lawyer, Miriam demanded justice.
“Well, so what IS the answer!?”
Without a word, Erap pulled out his wallet and gave Miriam another five pesos….
“Well, actually I also don’t know.” replied Erap.
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