Bishops on the attack!

i just couldn't believe this thing happened when more of our countrymen are suffering with poverty and their health. you know, i have a slight disappointment with both of them, the pcso and the church. remember when we were in dire need of support for the medication/surgery of my son? i came to the pcso office here. and you know, they said, they only give support when the patient is about to be released from the hospital. and added that they only give 10K each patient. when at that time we need at least 120K and so, where will we get the 110K when me as a government employee only receives 10K as my gross salary, all in all for the consumption of the entire family. thank God, Alagang Kapatid came to the rescue and shall we say, saved the life of my son. with regards to the church, we see, hear, etc. the practice of some priests. i am not against the church but some of the priests. you know some we heard are heavy drinkers, gamblers, and even one i heard here in cebu, shot someone who came inside his backyard.

"Bishops on the attack!" , hi ybong007, I thought you were referring to a game of chess, well like a game of chess it is obvious that both sides would be making their best moves, but the object of the game remains the same, capture the King and the Queen

The Catholic Church had received worse blows in the past, and the clergy had their share of criticism. The bishops concerned acknowledged that they had lapse in judgment. So there is really no issue here. This is one case of making a mountain out of a molehill. The SONA is forthcoming and the president's opponents are maliciously creating discontent.

Why would be shocked when it's supposed to be a blow to blot KARMA to those priest after taking part politics by politics. and now they back stabbed themselves because some of their own are really into greedy thing to be honest, they have lost my respect, we can only be true christians by our own acts and not by what the priest tells us.

What's into these priests. Why can't they own up to their mistakes. Just because they are priests, they shouldn't be mentioned when they do some misconduct or just apologize for what some of them have done? And who are they to say that the government should be the ones to unite the people when they themselves are dividing the people too in the RH bill. I thought, priests are simple and humble people?

I will admit that I have not been avid in the proceedings in this case. However, I was amused and I have often deferred on the opinions of our fellow pinoys on the INQ site. I think the Church has been wrong in receiving anything from the previous Arroyo administration, seeing that they lambasted the said administration. If a faction of them has received graces from her office, it might suffice to say that the Church doesn't have a strong stance against that administration. Basically, the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. For the Church, it is seriously a big mistake (since they often say that they are untied). I heard that they apologized for their action but I think that some of the opinions rang true as well. Why should the government apologize to an institution who is caught doing bad and not doing what they preach? I know that the church still swings a lot of clout but are they are so high and mighty that they always go scot free every time? Besides, the matter is closed, why should both parties keep digging what is already buried despite the controversy. I believe that we are a god-fearing nation but perhaps, we really should practice the separation of the Church and State in its truest sense.

They should practice what they preach. The senate let them off the hook very easily and I could just guess why. They apologized at first, but now that they saw themselves got off again their arrogance side awakened again. They are so full of hypocrisy even Jesus would have turned the tables and shouted angrily at what happened in the senate just like what he did to the gamblers running their wares inside a church. I sincerely believe that Catholicism would be better if we get rid of all the abusive and hypocrite priests. There will probably be only 1% of them left but at last we can call that a new beginning.