Catholic Bishops Responded Against Duterte's Attack

Duterte attacks the Catholic Church as his fair game target. In his series of anti-cleric anti-Catholic rants he demonize the Catholic Church and the bishops and priests.  That's because Catholics and their priests, bishops and other religious men and women "give the other cheek" when they're attacked. Persecution against the Catholic Church is NOT new. From its humble beginning in circa 33 A.D., emperors, kings/queen attacked and persecuted the Church of Christ but to this day, IT STOOD STRONG FIRM AND UNSHAKEN. That's because THIS IS THE SOLE CHURCH OF CHRIST ~ it's not the Pope's Church. It's not the bishop's Church or a Church of a family but the Catholic Church is the TRUE CHURCH OF CHRIST - Jesus would never allow hell to prevail against His Church! Ang hindi magagawa ni Ginoong Duterte ay ang atakihin ang Islam o ang Iglesia Ni Cristo® na tatag ni Ginoong Felix Manalo dahil alam niyang sila ay marahas kung gumanti! 

Bishops of the Catholic Church (Photo Source: GMA News)

Church cannot turn a deaf ear to Duterte’s tirades — bishop

CBCP - A Catholic bishop said he cannot turn a deaf ear to President Rodrigo Duterte’s attacks on the Church any longer.

Bishop Ruperto Santos of Balanga said Catholicism is “under attack” and it’s time for the church to stand its ground.

“Enough is enough,” said Santos, who earlier described Duterte’s presidency as “disappointment and disgrace” over the spate of killings in the country.

As head of the church’s migrants ministry, the prelate is among the vocal supporters of the Duterte government’s programs for the welfare of the overseas Filipino workers.

However, he asserted that the church is in a stance where it has to defend its faith and beliefs.

“We believers, must not sit passively in one corner and let the tirades go on. We have voiced our opinions,” said Santos.

“We must now continue to take the high road and understand that a person who lashes out in anger need our love the most,” he added.

Santos was responding to Malacañang’s call for the church not to fire back despite Duterte’s non-stop tirades against them.

Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the church must heed Christ’s teachings against revenge and retaliation.

But Santos stressed that being a true believer “does not mean we will turn a deaf ear to the verbal abuses hurled against the Catholic church and its clergies”.