Comments on: Church Boots Out Ailing Filipino Priest

By: Lila Shahani

Lila Shahani — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:37:48 +0000

Hernan, I talked to Consul Rebong tonite. She has promised to help from here. Please check your FB inbox for logistics. We will also see about contacting his Cardinal and the rest of his family. Keep u the good fight, my friend. Take care.

By: Hernan

Hernan — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:19:04 +0000

i find it adding insult to injury when mr, josephusmagnus says, ” I think the Archbishop finds it abusive for the old priest to use another State’s cheap medical services, hence the decision of the Archbishop. So yeah, the priest might overstepped the agreement both of them made. ” I spoke to Fr. Maghari and he confirmed that the Archdiocese assured him in writing that all his needs would be taken cared of during his stay, I asked him to give me a copy of the contract, but he was too ill to retrieved it. Less than a week later, he was back at the hospital. again, i thought the Catholic Church, being universal, has no borders…. and how can you airlift an ill person who stands to die on board a plane while on flight? just to follow canon law? have mercy, mister? if one reads the Gospel, Jesus reserves his greatest anger at those who had no mercy on the weak, the dispossessed and the ill, as in the Parable of the Good Samaritan where the Priest and the Levite just passed him by, while the Samaritan, whom the Jews hated, nursed him back to health. In its April 6, 2009 issue, TIME quoted Sr. Christine Schenk of Cleveland, to wit: ” Too many bishops are treating parishes as if they were Starbucks franchises. It’s about more than money. ”

Mind you, it’s not just in New York. How do you explain the scandalous poverty rate in the Philippines, while many Bishops and priests still support the present regime which obviously has dropped the ball in serving the poor. Worse, some priests even compared GMA to Jesus Christ! Ang kapal! It’s sickening,,,

By: elusivestar

elusivestar — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:32:35 +0000

This is sad. The Religious worked so hard and chose poverty , no material possessions, to follow God’s calling to bring more souls to God. They deserve a much better treatment on their old age. Who will take their place when they are gone with the shortage of the Religious nowadays? Who will administer to us the Sacraments ? This is an isolated case in a certain area. It does not represent what the Church stands for. The angels in heaven cannot compare to the power that God has given to His priest, the changing of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ ! We respect them as God’s ” In Persona Christi. ” Why mistreat a holy dying priest this way. Let us all pray for him.
God bless !

By: tranquil

tranquil — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:28:02 +0000

Because a religious entity exercising political clout and power is, by and large, a bane to human condition. The 3 Abrahamic faiths are notorious for this as evidenced by their history. Apart from slitting each other’s throat in fierce rivalry, these religious enterprises also subject their flock to oppression, ignorance, poverty, women hate, and inflicting their brains with mental virus of faith in the irrational.

On the Catholic front, vassal states exist mostly during the medieval period and yet the Vatican to this day treats the Philippines like one. It’s religious orders and organizations calls the Philippines a province and monies are siphoned off to the Vatican coffers.

So I say once more, shove that thing into Ratzinger’s arse. A secular society is not interested in your Canon Anon, whilst you arrogantly imply :

And yeah, half of the people here haven’t read an inkling in the territories of Bishops as defined in Canon Law.

So freakin’ what? Not interested in dialouge. No dialouge is necessary with the deluded bunch. You can settle the matter in close enclave for all we care.

By: Lorna

Lorna — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:35:29 +0000

we are not the same in the Philippines…it’s the culture!

By: Lorna

Lorna — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:31:03 +0000

I’m in limbo reading the news about the unfortunate treatment to the ailing Fil Am priest in U.S. Why? I grew up near U.S.T. church and witnessed how the church treated old priests and even ailing priests. I used to hear mass at the balcony(as how I call it) just to see the old priests walking around the hallway(so slow) going to their spacious rooms. The scenario in Laguna is no different. I’ve seen sick priests who were well taken care of their parishes and of course the laity, not just in money but in emotional support as well. That’s how we treat our priest in the Philippines—with reverence and love. Perhaps, this unfortunate event has something to do with the culture foreign land. No offense meant, just an observation.

By: Bert

Bert — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:07:45 +0000

That is quite informative, thanks iosepusmagus. Still, even if the archbishop is not stupid, it leaves a bad taste in the mouth for a supposed man of God to select procedure in lieu of human compassion to a priest under his ministration and who is a dying man.

By: iosepusmagus

iosepusmagus — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:38:21 +0000

Then why comment on an internal issue if you believe your stance on shoving stuff up the Pope’s ass? Btw, another basic political concept is this, a political entity that borders with other political entities, secular or otherwise, surely have guidelines at least on how to conduct their relationships. Migdal’s work, and a nifty Venn diagram can clear that up, but it seems you’re more interested in Catholic bashing than rigorous dialogue. ;)

By: tranquil

tranquil — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:19:45 +0000

That is why you can shove it in your Pope’s arse because it can only have juridical potency within the political bounderies of the Vatican state and its vassalage. Gets?

By: iosepusmagus

iosepusmagus — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:09:01 +0000

@tranquil
January 21, 2010 at 4:40 pm

*rolls eyes*

The Church is a spiritual entity, absolutely, but it is also a political entity. That is why the Pope is sporting three tiaras.

So please, don’t paint the RC as a non-political entity, because the Church was never ambiguous with it, it is a political entity from within and without. Even the anti-Papist Dante in his De Monarchia didn’t made that mistake. Remember any community, believers or otherwise, is bound to have some degree of political framework in order to function and achieve its aims.

And Canon Law is such, but do remember Canon Law is never taught as inspired in anyway, it is just there to make the mechanism work. Gets?