[OPINION] Marcos Jr. and the 'meddling' Church

'There is no country so democratic that it can live and thrive without religion.' Opinion piece by Rhoderick John S. Abellanosa:

When the camp of presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos said that the clergy were meddling in politics, an initial message was sent on the kind of Church and State dynamics a probable BBM administration would prefer. Its statement on the alleged abuse of the pulpit, “allowing it to become a platform for hateful and negative campaigning” should, this early, be taken as a subliminal message that criticism does not have any place under a government whose aim is “unity.

We can only pray that we will not have the same horrors experienced by some members of the religious and the clergy during the Martial Law years. Although President Ferdinand Marcos was friendly to some bishops who were either supportive of his administration or contented with their life in the convent but, apparently, he was not with those who criticized the government for its objectionable policies and practices.

Compared to Velarde and Quiboloy, we should thank those priests, nuns, and other sectarian institutions who did not just endorse but gave their reason for doing so. This means that they are not politicking for the purpose of power brokering or an expectation for some payback in the future.

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