LATEST word from General Santos City says Manny Pacquiao’s Bible-packing pastor friends have suddenly gone out of sight. It’s not however clear whether they have disappeared for good or were just cooling their heels in the suburbs.
Manny Pacquiao lost in the fight because he ditched his Holy Rosary and his religion, according to an avid fan.
Protestant pastors have been coming in droves to Manny Pacquiao’s mansion in General Santos City. And their number is increasing each day.
Tim Tebow and his football and faith. Bubba Watson and his golf and godliness. And now comes Manny Pacquiao and his renewed comradeship with Christ. Talk about Christian sports star power—this high-octane evangelical trinity is poised to zoom into overdrive.
Manny Pacquiao barely escaped to fight another day, and would need 28 stitches to close the cut over his right eye. Juan Manuel Marquez had nearly ended his remarkable run, but that didn’t stop Pacquiao from singing at his post-fight concert and partying the night away with his huge entourage.
Manny Pacquiao’s devotion to religion and comments against gay marriage will not have an impact as a training distraction or in the ring as the Filipino icon prepares to fight unbeaten American Tim Bradley.
Promoter Bob Arum bristled Tuesday when asked by reporters about Manny Pacquiao’s latest sermon from his makeshift ring ministry. Crossing political swords with President Barrack Obama, who has endorsed gay marriage, the now Bible-touting Pacquiao told the “National Conservative Examiner” newspaper it was his “opinion that same-sex marriage is against the law of God.”
Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao began training Wednesday for his June world title defence against US challenger Timothy Bradley, saying he has God in his corner.
Manny Pacquiao quickly dispelled the rumor floating around that his fight against Timothy Bradley would be his last.
Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is a gambling man no more and has even given up the nightlife, people close to him say.
He kneels in prayer at times when many players would be pounding their chest, and is winning with a style the experts insist cannot work for long.
While millions of Filipinos will be glued to their TV sets on Sunday to watch international boxing icon Manny Pacquiao slug it out with Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas, a Catholic prelate reminded the faithful on Saturday that the live telecast of the fight indirectly promotes violence.
MANILA, Philippines—Saying that boxing a person was like “boxing the Holy Spirit,” Bishop Dinualdo Gutierrez of Marbel said he has advised boxing legend and Saranggani Representative Manny Pacquiao to retire from the ring. Gutierrez reminded Catholics that the Church considers a person’s body as the “temple of the Holy Spirit” and that it should not [...]
