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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 02:21 PM Feb 2017

Philippine Catholic Church slams 'reign of terror' behind war on drugs

Source: Reuters


Sat Feb 4, 2017 | 9:21am EST

By Clare Baldwin and Manuel Mogato | MANILA
The Philippines' Catholic Church assailed President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs for creating a "reign of terror" among the poor, in sermons read out at Saturday services that will be repeated to congregations across the country on Sunday.

In its most strongly worded attack on the crackdown on drug pushers and users, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines said killing people was not the answer to trafficking of illegal drugs, and it was disturbing that many didn't care about the bloodshed, or even approved of it.

"An even greater cause of concern is the indifference of many to this kind of wrong. It is considered as normal, and, even worse, something that (according to them) needs to be done," the bishops said in a pastoral letter, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters.

"An additional cause of concern is the reign of terror in many places of the poor. Many are killed not because of drugs. Those who kill them are not brought to account," they said.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-drugs-church-idUSKBN15J0BU

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Philippine Catholic Church slams 'reign of terror' behind war on drugs (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2017 OP
Fear for the safety orangecrush Feb 2017 #1
so much of this insanity is probably due to catholicism starshine00 Feb 2017 #2
And extreme poverty musette_sf Feb 2017 #3
such a shame starshine00 Feb 2017 #4
I'm inclined to applaud the Catholic Church in this instance ... mr_lebowski Feb 2017 #5
it probably is hitting them right in the coffers starshine00 Feb 2017 #6

orangecrush

(19,572 posts)
1. Fear for the safety
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 02:32 PM
Feb 2017

Of Catholic clergy there now.

Ghosts of El Salvador, especially with this relatively progressive Pope with the nazis running our government.

 

starshine00

(531 posts)
2. so much of this insanity is probably due to catholicism
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 02:35 PM
Feb 2017

child abuse and child rape are two of the things the catholic church is reknowned for, and those two factors are what turn children into sociopaths that end up in gangs...cause and effect

musette_sf

(10,202 posts)
3. And extreme poverty
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 03:07 PM
Feb 2017

due in large part to, and exacerbated by, a contraceptive ban in a Catholic theocracy.

 

starshine00

(531 posts)
4. such a shame
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 04:03 PM
Feb 2017

so much of what is going on in these spanish speaking countries is due to the church, is from generations of tragic child abuse and like you say the lockdown on contraception...it is like so many have reached a critical mass of sociopathy in the populace and I truly don't know what is going to be the answer or how it will ever be fixed but I have to hope... we are only about three generations out of child marriage in this country and all the severely abusive features of that...and progress has been made. In a sense though I hate to say it the US is somewhat lucky to have received all the wacko persecuted religious cults from Europe so the Catholic Church never gained the stranglehold it has elsewhere.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
5. I'm inclined to applaud the Catholic Church in this instance ...
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 04:26 PM
Feb 2017

Sure, they're partly responsible but at least they appear to be learning, and actually taking a relatively bold stand here, and in the right direction.

Get more bees with honey, people ... just sayin'

 

starshine00

(531 posts)
6. it probably is hitting them right in the coffers
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 04:32 PM
Feb 2017

must be painful the $$$ they are losing to the drug people

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