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people before buildings

In the aftermath of the October 15 earthquake that wreaked over Bohol and Cebu, with many Catholic Churches reduced to rubble, Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal has said that we must find “faith in the midst of ruins.”

I say we take stock.

And we ask questions. Say, why is it that the Catholic Church did not put out money to reinforce its churches? They can’t say there wasn’t / isn’t any money to do it, knowing as we all do that the Pinoy Catholic Church ain’t paying any taxes. What we now know is that our Catholic Church was having masses and religious celebrations in unsafe structures, putting lives of its followers at risk.  (more…)