Tag Archives: Fr. Rudy Romano

[Press Release] TFDP to President Duterte: Marcos’ hero’s burial an insult to Fr. Rudy Romano, enforced disappearance victim during Martial Law

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TFDP to President Duterte: Marcos’ hero’s burial an insult to Fr. Rudy Romano, enforced disappearance victim during Martial Law   One of the thousand reasons why Ferdinand Marcos should not be given a hero’s burial is the disappearance of Fr. Rudy Romano thirty-one years ago, according to the human rights group Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP). TFDP together

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[Statement] On the 29th Anniversary of the disappearance of Fr. Rudy Romano C.SS.R., and his Golden Jubilee of Priestly Ordination

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On the 29th Anniversary of the disappearance of Fr. Rudy Romano C.SS.R., and his Golden Jubilee of Priestly Ordination DEAR PEOPLE OF GOD IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CEBU: As the Archdiocese of Cebu prepares to host the International Eucharistic Congress in January 2016, we continue to respond to the challenge of the New Evangelization. Integral to this pastoral thrust is

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[Statement] Remembering Fr. Rudy Romano: Reckoning the Past and Breaking the Silence by AFAD

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Remembering Fr. Rudy Romano: Reckoning the Past and Breaking the Silence The eleventh of July is a special day for victims of enforced disappearance in the Philippines. It is a day of remembering the well-loved Redemptorist priest, Fr. Rudy Romano, who disappeared in Cebu City on July 11, 1985. A staunch defender of human rights during the Marcos dictatorship, Fr.

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[Statement] Joint Statement on the 26th Commemoration of the Enforced Disappearance of Fr. Rudy Romano, CsSR

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At around 3:45 PM, a man riding a blue motorcycle was blocked by armed men, shoved into a white Ford Cortina bearing government license plates and taken away.  The person would later on fit the description of Fr. Rudy Romano, CsSR. It was July 11, 1985. He was 44 years old. Twenty six years later, we still ask the question

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