{"id":66029,"date":"2015-12-01T01:30:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T07:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=66029"},"modified":"2015-12-01T01:41:46","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T07:41:46","slug":"duterte-curses-the-pope-bishop-grieves-in-great-shame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/12\/01\/duterte-curses-the-pope-bishop-grieves-in-great-shame\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte curses the Pope, Bishop \u2018grieves in great shame\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_66030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66030\" style=\"width: 397px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/977890_132287943644314_1134075300_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-66030\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/977890_132287943644314_1134075300_o-814x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Archbishop Socrates Villegas, president of the Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines. (Photo from Facebook)\" width=\"397\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/977890_132287943644314_1134075300_o-814x1024.jpg 814w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/977890_132287943644314_1134075300_o-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/977890_132287943644314_1134075300_o.jpg 1627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-66030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archbishop Socrates Villegas, president of the Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines.<br \/> (Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/frsocratesvillegas\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, president of the Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has released a statement today, in response to Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s foul statement against the Pope.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte, during his proclamation as PDP-Laban\u2019s presidential bet yesterday, cursed at the Pope when he recalled being stuck in heavy traffic during the Pope\u2019s visit to the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gusto kong tawagan, &#8216;Pope p******, umuwi ka na,&#8221; he exclaimed.<\/p>\n<p>Archbishop Villegas called on Duterte\u2019s \u2018corruption\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVulgarity is corruption. When we find vulgarity funny, we have really become beastly and barbaric as a people. When a revered and loved and admired man like Pope Francis is cursed by a political candidate and the audience laugh, I can only bow my head and grieve in great shame. My countrymen has gone to the dregs,\u201d Villegas said.<\/p>\n<p>The Archbishop said that the country needs a leader who leads by example. He also stressed that corruption is the \u201cgreat scourge of Philippine politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe usual face of corruption that we recognize easily is stealing from public funds. Corruption, like a monster, is a devil with many faces,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKilling people is corruption. Killing is a crime and a sin whether it is done by criminals or public officials no matter what the intention. Adultery is corruption. It makes married love cheap and uses people for pleasure. Adultery corrupts the family; it destroys children and victimizes the weak. Vulgarity is corruption,\u201d the Archbishop added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs this the leadership by example that Mayor Duterte excites in us? Is this the leadership by example that makes a public official deserving of the title \u2018Honorable\u2019?\u201d Villegas asked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, president of the Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has released a statement today, in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":66030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-66029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-original","mauthors-katherine-padilla","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}