{"id":167012,"date":"2018-06-14T22:04:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T02:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=167012"},"modified":"2018-06-14T22:04:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T02:04:11","slug":"palace-open-to-dialogue-with-cbcp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/14\/palace-open-to-dialogue-with-cbcp\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace open to dialogue with CBCP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Despite his tirades against the Catholic Church, President Rodrigo R. Duterte is open to hold a dialogue with the Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), his spokesman said on Thursday. (RICHARD MADELO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Despite his tirades against the Catholic Church, President Rodrigo R. Duterte is open to hold a dialogue with the Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), his spokesman said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Presidential spokesman Harry Roque made this remark a day after Duterte hit Catholic priests anew, claiming that some of them had affairs with women, which prompted bishops to call him out for his attacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung dayalogo ay talaga naman pong bukas ang Presidente, bukas ang Palasyo lalung-lalo na po ngayon na ang<\/em>\u00a0Secretary-General\u00a0ng<\/em>CBCP\u00a0ay taga<\/em>-Davao\u00a0din<\/em>\u00a0(When it comes to holding a dialogue, our President is open to it, the Palace is open especially because the current Secretary-General of CBCP is also from Davao),\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact\u00a0tingnan po natin talaga<\/em>\u00a0on how to institutionalize this dialogue (In fact, we are looking at how to institutionalize this dialogue),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Roque added that Duterte is in good terms with CBCP president and Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles.<\/p>\n

\u201cWala naman pong sama ng loob ang ating Presidente sa tumatayong<\/em>\u00a0Secretary-General\u00a0ngayon ng<\/em>\u00a0CBCP\u00a0(Duterte has no ill will towards the Secretary General of the CBCP),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

According to Roque, it was \u201cnormal\u201d for a person, including the President, to sometimes disagree with teachings of the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n

\u201cMayroon po siyang sariling mga paninindigan na taliwas sa paninindigan ng Simbahang Katoliko, pero iyan po naman ay karapatan ng lahat, magkaroon ng pananampalataya o huwag magkaroon ng kahit anong pananampalataya<\/em>\u00a0(He has his own beliefs that are against the Catholic Church but that\u2019s everyone\u2019s right, to have exercised religion or not exercise religion),\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

However, he assured that the government will prioritize investigation on the killing of priests and will hold the perpetrators liable.<\/p>\n

\u201cSa tingin ko po, personal na paninindigan ni Presidente iyan.<\/em>\u00a0Pero ang<\/em>\u00a0aming<\/em>\u00a0assurance\u00a0po, ang gobyerno po ay gagawin ang kanyang katungkulan, para po pigilan, itigil itong kultura ng<\/em>\u00a0impunity (I think it is the personal stance of the President. But our assurance is that the government will do its job to stop this culture of impunity),\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

Roque reiterated that Duterte\u2019s criticisms against the Catholic Church did not mean that he allowed the killings of Catholic priests.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt pagdating nga dito sa pagpatay ng pari \u2013 hinding-hindi naman po sasabihin ng Presidente na patayin ninyo ang mga kaparian<\/em>\u00a0(In terms of killing priests–the President will never tell anyone to kill priests),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Roque said efforts of the Duterte administration to investigate the series of killings that have targeted priests, media practitioners, and prosecutors, are not merely \u201clip service.\u201d<\/p>\n

He made this remark after the killing of Nueva Ecija priest, Fr. Richmond Nilo last Sunday. Nilo is the third Catholic priest killed in the country in the past seven months.<\/p>\n

Roque said President Duterte himself has expressed concern on the rise in the number of killings.<\/p>\n

\u201cNababahala talaga si Presidente dito sa pagtaas ng kriminalidad \u2018no<\/em>\u00a0(The President is really concerned about the rise in criminality in the country),\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

He also emphasized that unlike the administration of former President Benigno \u201cNoynoy\u201d Aquino III, the current administration is acting on these killings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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