{"id":203312,"date":"2019-02-21T20:56:06","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T01:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=203312"},"modified":"2019-02-21T20:56:06","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T01:56:06","slug":"prrd-doesnt-feel-alluded-to-by-pope-francis-remark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/21\/prrd-doesnt-feel-alluded-to-by-pope-francis-remark\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD doesn\u2019t feel alluded to by Pope Francis\u2019 remark"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_192687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192687\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Duterte-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-192687\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Duterte-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Duterte-1-1.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Duterte-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Duterte-1-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Duterte-1-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Duterte-1-1-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-192687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte skims through some documents while presiding over the 32nd Cabinet Meeting at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on December 12, 2018. SIMEON CELI JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday said President Rodrigo R. Duterte does not feel alluded to by Pope Francis\u2019 remark that critics of the Catholic Church are the \u201cfriends, cousins and relatives of the devil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that the pontiff himself found fault in the institution he serves, even earlier admitting that clerics have sexually abused nuns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the better critics of the Church is the Pope himself. He criticizes the members of the Church who are engaged in what he perceives to be immorality,\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n<p>Panelo, however, said that criticizing clerics actions outside the teachings of the Church did not mean that one is \u201cevil\u201d but simply expressing opposition or concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he addresses those members of the Church who could not be celibate to leave the Church, he is a critic,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it does not mean also that when you criticize you are evil. You\u2019re just expressing concern and opposition to certain irregular behavior,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Panelo said the Pope was using a hyperbole by describing critics as friends of the devil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I will agree with that then the Pope will be referring to himself also because he is also a critic. P<em>alagay ko ano lang iyon<\/em>\u00a0hyperbole (I think that\u2019s just a hyperbole),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the Pope said that a person cannot live a whole life \u201caccusing\u201d Church.<\/p>\n<p>His remark came a day before the Vatican summit on sex abuse of minors which will be attended by about 180 bishops and cardinals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday said President Rodrigo R. 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