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Forty years ago, a Filipino soldier serving under Ferdinand Marcos Sr, was ordered to attack civilians opposing the corrupt regime. After wrestling with his conscience, Gregorio ‘Gringo’ Honasan found he could not do it. Along with other soldiers who resigned from their posts, he founded the Reform for Armed Forces Movement, and they planned to storm the presidential palace and arrest the Marcoses. The coup, however was foiled when an insider leaked the plan to the government. Honasan and his men retreated back to their headquarters, but they knew the Marcos’s forces were on their way to them. Then, Archbishop of Manila, Cardinal Jaime Sin, broadcast an appeal on the Catholic radio station Radio Veritas, calling for support from the public. Hundreds arrived at the camp to form a human shield around the rebel soldiers. They brought guitars and sang to the Marcos military. Meanwhile nuns, among them Sister Mary John Mananzan, handed out flowers. The peaceful protest neutralised the attacking forces. And the People Power Revolution ousted the Marcos family and restored democracy to the Philippines. For this episode of Heart and Soul, Jay Behrouzi speaks to Senator Gregorio Honasan, now 78 and retired from politics, and 88-year-old Sister Mary John, who’s still an activist, to hear their firsthand accounts of that day, and how their faith has sustained them in the years since. [Photo description: Demonstrators Burn Marcos Effig, Photo Credit: Alex Bowie] Presenter: Jay Behrouzi Producer: Julia Paul Production co-ordinator: Mica Nepomuceno Executive Producer: Rajeev Gupta Editor: Chloe Walker Archive supplied by Radio Veritas, Philippines