Bishop pinagdasal si Duterte dahil masakitin daw at mahina na
A Manila prelate on Friday urged Catholics to pray for President Rodrigo Duterte, whom he described as a “very sick man” after the firebrand leader called saints “stupid” and “drunkards.”
On November 1, Duterte once again sparked anger in Asia’s biggest Catholic nation for poking fun at Christians’ celebration of “All Saints Day,” saying in jest that the Church should just recognize him as a patron saint instead of observing the holiday.
The acid-tongued leader’s mockery of the All Saints' Day contradicts his presidential message for the Christian festival, where he urged Catholics to “emulate our saints.”
In a social media post, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines vice president and Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David told the faithful to remember one of Christ’s teachings: “To be merciful when dealing with sick people.”
“There’s nothing new about our saints being called ‘fools and drunkards.’ St. John the Baptist was even called ‘devil-possessed.’ Jesus himself was called a ‘glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners,’” David wrote in a Facebook post.
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