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...fire of love amongst the poor, the sick, the dying and the little children ... You are I know the most incapable person - weak and sinful but just because you are that - I want to use You for My glory. Wilt thou refuse? - in a prayer dialogue recounted to Archbishop Ferdinand Perier, January...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith | 8/23/2007 | See Source »

...that led the overthrow of communism; the way liberation theology in Latin America helped pave the way for new democracies; how Desmond Tutu and the South African churches served to inspire victory over apartheid; how "People Power" joined with the priests and bishops to bring down down Philippine strongman Ferdinand Marcos; how the Dalai Lama keeps hope alive for millions of Tibetans; and, today, how the growing Evangelical and Pentecostal churches of the global South are mobilizing to addresse the injustices of globalization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Religious Right's Era Is Over | 2/16/2007 | See Source »

Philippine President Corazon Aquino, for her boldness and spirited courage in challenging the 20-year regime of Ferdinand Marcos. (The Rev.) Ronnie Roque San Pedro, the Philippines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 15, 1986 | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

Being the woman President in a country known for the macho style of its politics has been a special burden for Corazon Aquino. One of the most spiteful putdowns she had to endure during her campaign for the presidency early this year was Ferdinand Marcos' contention that a woman's proper place was in the bedroom. Last week she savored some sweet revenge. Speaking before a group of businesswomen in Manila, she referred to the deposed Marcos as the "first male chauvinist to underestimate me," though presumably not the last. Then Mrs. President, as she now likes to be called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Anxiety on the Eve of a Cease-Fire | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

...N.P.A. boasted 12,000 armed regulars in the mid-1980s, when many saw it as the only force capable of challenging dictator Ferdinand Marcos. But its Maoist leaders were snubbed even by Mao Zedong himself: in 1974, to undercut support for the N.P.A., Marcos dispatched his wife Imelda to Beijing, where she supposedly swept Mao off his feet. ("I like Mrs. Marcos because she is so natural, and that is perfection," he gushed.) After People Power ousted Marcos in 1986, the N.P.A.'s declining popularity was devastated by internal purges in which hundreds of people were tortured and executed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War with No End | 1/25/2007 | See Source »

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