NO REST FOR THE AWAKE - MINAGAHET CHAMORRO

Governor Eddie Calvo's 2016 State of the Island Address Posted: Mar 31, 2016 5:21 PM Updated: Mar 31, 2016 7:21 PM  State of the Island Address 2016 Lt. Gov. Tenorio, Madam Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, Congresswoman Bordallo, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, but more importantly… Manelu’hu, manaina’hu, yan I man’hoben, Welcome to the Guam Capitol District! Look at how beautiful this city has become. This museum will be open in a few months. Paseo renovations are underway. I can’t wait to deliver next year’s address in the Guam Congress Building next door. And I have to tell you, as a son of Hagatna, a resident of Agana Heights, and a worker in the capital, I’m so happy that some of the best restaurants opened up shop here. We welcome even more business. We welcome artists, performances, tours, and the return of the government of Guam to the seat of government. We have even bigger plans for this place. I received the Hagatna Master Plan for consi

I normally only consider the Catholic Church on Guam in historical terms, as Guam for the past few centuries has been a very Catholic space. I think about the Catholic Church as being a colonizer and eventually being a structure that Chamorros became intimately tied to and saw as being a guarantor of their identities. I see the Catholic Church today as being something which is deeply tied to Chamorro culture and most of its manifestations, but as much of my research is historical the contemporary politics of Chamorro culture and Catholicism aren't as pertinent. But because of all the drama locally regarding the Concerned Catholics of Guam and their campaign against the Archbishop and his Neo-Cat flock, I am now paying more attention to Catholic politics. I came across this article about the crisis the Catholic Church is facing in the United States and I wonder how it might be connected to the drama in Guam. ****************** Pope Francis Will Visit US Catholic Church Facing

This year's regional seminar featured two keynote addresses by Father Miguel D'Escoto, a longtime priest, champion of human rights and a former President of the United Nations General Assembly. He has been a very controversial figure because of his outspoken criticism of the United States in particular. As a priest in Nicaragua he was very supportive of the Sandanista Revolution even to the point of joining the government of Daniel Ortega and serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. For this and his other explicitly political activities he was suspended by Pope John Paul II in 1985. He was reinstated last year after he reportedly petitioned the current Pope that the 81 year old be allowed to perform mass again before he dies. His speeches last week were fiery. He did not pull punches in condemning the United States for its lack of respect for international law. He criticized it for the wars it is carrying out around the world. He admonished it for its role in making Lati