Bishops endorsement to a presidential candidate

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Bishops break tradition, back JC de los Reyes candidacy
NIKKA CORSINO and AIE BALAGTAS SEE, GMANews.TV

03/06/2010 | 10:19 AM

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(I will just quote some of the news)

"Breaking with tradition, six Catholic bishops have announced their support for Ang Kapatiran party standard bearer JC de los Reyes, calling his party "the conscience vote for 2010."

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"The news story posted on the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) Website on Saturday explained that the move of the six prelates was a break from "the tradition of offering commentary on election-related moral issues without endorsing candidates."

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"Last weekend, the CBCP Website posted an earlier article announcing that Archbishop Arguelles and Bishop Navarra had endorsed the candidacies of delos Reyes and his senatorial slate. On Friday, the AKP provided GMANews.TV with a statement stating that five more bishops had likewise expressed support for de los Reyes and his entire slate, in addition to the first two prelates. Among the five was Bishop Joel Zamudio Baylon of Legazpi, Albay."

"In a phone interview with GMANews.TV, retired archbishop and canon lawyer Oscar Cruz noted that while his colleagues did not violate any laws, they should not support any candidate to avoid “[dividing] not just the people but also the priests."

"The Philippines is a predominantly Roman Catholic nation, with at least 81 percent of 90 million Filipinos professing to be Catholic. However, even the bishops failed to agree whether there is a so-called Catholic vote.
There is no such thing," Cruz said, adding that 'the Catholics have been very democratic as far as politics is concerned. Tingnan mo na lang yung mga kandidato, eh halos lahat ‘yan Katoliko pero sila mismo nag-aaway-away (Just look at the candidates. Almost all of them are Catholic but they are fighting among themselves), ' Cruz said. But Palang thought otherwise, saying that given the Church’s vast influence, it could persuade the faithful to vote for their chosen candidates. "The Church is very influential. Don’t ever underestimate its power. Just look at [the influence of the late] Cardinal Sin."

Ohh, What's this?? After planning to have BLOCK VOTING, then endorsement of the candidates?? What the?? I dont care if their reason is about the said RH BILL or anything else, the thing here is about ENDORSING AND PLANNING ABOUT BLOCK VOTING. poor!

FYI: The Catholics were the ones who always say negative things about this matter especially to the one's who practice this because of having a doctrine about UNITY inside the true church. It was the CHURCH OF CHRIST, whom by these Catholics always criticize. But wait, WHAT ABOUT THIS??

Tsk. Tsk. Are they now contradicting their selves and their beliefs? Very poor! THIS IS VERY ASHAMING! Why this is happening in the "TRUE CHURCH"(as what Catholic Church claim?)