1. What were the issues raised by Fr. Cavanna concerning Rizals retraction?

2. Does it matter if the cry for independence happened in Balintawak or Pugadlawin?

3. What does the issue on the first cry depict about the Filipino?
4. How did Santiago Alvarez participate in the revolution?
5. How did Dr Pio Valenzuela participate in the revolution?
6. Where was the first Mass in the Philippines as stipulated under RA No 2733?
7. What is your stand about the site of the first mass?
8. What were Rizals greatest and weakest attributes?

Answers:
1. Whether the retraction of Rizal is legitimate as there are no evidences of his
Marriage Certificate with Josephine Bracken, and Rizal’s retraction seems as
though a forgery retraction document. Although several historians affirmed
that Rizal Retraction is valid, as there have been reports of 5 eye witnesses
and 10 qualified witnesses to support that Rizal really did this retraction
himself and even when handwriting experts during the controversy of Rizal’s
retraction arose, approved of the document stating that it was Rizal’s
handwriting – still Fr. Cavanna questions the Retraction document being said
made by Dr. Rizal himself.
2. Personally, whether the cry of independence happened in Balintawak or
Pugadlawin actually doesn’t matter – because what actually matters are the
fact that we are no longer under the control of oppressive foreign rulers and
how far the Filipinos have come since then. In addition to that, we can just
take this heroic event as an encouragement and reason to not let anyone
deprive us of our rights in our own land. As supported by the Katipunan
Ideology, "A nation is born into freedom on the day when such a people,
moulded into a nation by a process of cultural evolution and sense of oneness
born of common struggle and suffering, announces to the world that it asserts
its natural right to liberty and is ready to defend it with blood, life, and honor."
(Diosdado Macapagal, former president of the Philippines.)
3. The first cry of independence depicts the turning point of the Filipino refusing
to be oppressed by the Spaniards in its own land. Wherein the Filipino tore
their cedulas to show the Spaniards that the moment the Filipinos tore this
piece of paper apart means the Filipinos are redeeming back their freedom
from this cry of independence.
4. Santiago Alvarez became the captain general of Magdiwang forces and was
later on the commander-in-chief, he fought against the Spaniards in 1986 –
1987. He wrote a book, entitled: “The Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs
of a General”, in honor of the fallen compatriots during the Philippine
Revolution.
5. At the age of 23, Pio Valenzuela joined in Katipunan. He became in charge of
the publication of Ang Kalayaan which became Katipunan’s first official
publication, he was also the one sent secretly to inform Rizal of the
Katipunan’s plan to start a Revolution against the Spaniards. In which Rizal
later on refused the idea of Revolution, and the help from the Katipunan
 members to escape in Dapitan. Pio Valenzuela was also one of those who
testified in the Court of Spain against Dr. Jose Rizal.
6. Pursuant to RA No. 2733, the National Historical Institute and Congress
declared that the first mass in the Philippines was held in Limasawa Island in
Southern Leyte.
7. I find the declaration of the first mass in the Philippines (which marked the
born of Roman Catholicism in the PH) that it was held in Limasawa Island
questionable. Knowing that this Republic Act was not even signed by the
President Macapagal back then.
8. The greatest attribute of Rizal are his unconditional love for the country and his
deep sense of bravery. He has shown his deep sense of bravery through his
writings, he exhibited how words can be so powerful enough to make a change.
While his weakest attribute, I guess, could be women? He prioritizes his love for
the country more than he could ever prioritize his love interest.