Brethren and countrymen, tomorrow the chapels will overflow with greetings. There will be choirs rehearsed to perfection, tarpaulins stretched across facades, videos compiled from districts around the world, and an extraordinary outpouring of praise directed toward one man on the anniversary of his birth. And so today, before the festivities drown everything out, allow me…
Lowell Menorca II, protected by Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board, becomes a Canadian citizen with his children after years of persecution by the Iglesia ni Cristo.
There is a question being asked quietly in homes from Quezon City to Winnipeg, from Dubai to Daly City, from Ho Chi Minh to Berlin, and in every district of every country where the Iglesia Ni Cristo has a locale. It is not asked out loud, because asking it out loud gets you a visit…
Seventeen Years. One Song. Play It Every Time You Hear His Name. Today, September 7, marks seventeen years since Eduardo V. Manalo took the seat of Executive Minister of the Iglesia Ni Cristo. The Central Office will call it seventeen years of “dynamic leadership.” Those of us who lived through it, and were thrown out…
117 and counting — individual prosecutions, charges, petitions and appeals filed by the INC and its proxies against critics since 2005, counting each person charged in each venue. Forty-four libel cases in forty-four courts against one man. Thirty accused in a single dawn raid. Three Canadian tribunals, one verdict: persecution. Known convictions of any INC critic: zero. The full ledger, the charts, the documents — and the reforms that would take their weapons away.
Another chapter in the long-running legal clash (since Feb. 11, 2019) between the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has ended the same way with another slam of the gavel. Too many of these attempts from this institution do: with the court shutting the door — firmly, clearly, and without confusion….
Once upon a time in the land of Iglesia ni Cristo — during the eras of Brothers Felix Y. Manalo and later his son Eraño G. Manalo — politics was treated the way people treat lukewarm taho: strictly avoided. Politics was a dirty word. Not just dirty, but messy and soiled with corruption and power…
On November 16, the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) launched what it proudly branded as a “three-day rally for transparency, justice, and a better democracy” at the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park, Manila. Officials projected a crowd of around 300,000 people. But after only two days, the same church that trumpeted a three?day “mission” abruptly declared:…
A horrifying reminder unfolded this past week in Staten Island of how vulnerable our children can be—even in everyday, seemingly harmless settings like a local yard sale. According to police reports, a 12-year-old girl became the target of alleged predatory behavior by 43-year-old Glendon Salvador Payabyab, a man who lives just blocks away from where…
On February 7, 2025, in a landmark judgment delivered by Justice Champagne of the Court of King’s Bench in Winnipeg, Canada, the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) faced a resounding defeat in its defamation lawsuit against the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and other defendants. This defining decision reverberated far beyond the courtroom as it not only…
