Priests opposed to Marcos turn pink, but not everyone in the Church approves. There are mixed reactions from Filipinos, who have taken to social media to either praise or decry the clergymen for taking political sides. READ:
WHEN Philippine Catholic priest Father Nap Baltazar raised his hands to bless the people attending mass, the sleeves on his white vestment slid back to reveal a pink bracelet inscribed with the words “Let Leni Lead.”
“I will do everything I can to make sure he does not sit as president,” Fr. Baltazar said of the 64-year-old Mr. Marcos. But now, Marcos Jr., a former congressman and senator, appears poised to clinch the presidency, following a decades-long political fight back by a family accused of leading one of Asia’s most notorious kleptocracies.
The return of a Marcos to the country’s seat of power is unthinkable for millions of Filipinos, including for Father John Era, who started the “Pari, Madre, Misyonero Para Kay Leni ,” hoping to use their “influence” to rally support behind her. “As men and women of the cloth, they should be more circumspect, refrain from openly meddling with politics and stop making reckless imputations or statements that only serve as spiritual, moral, social and cultural poison,” he added.
Father Jerome Secillano, Public Affairs executive secretary at the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines , said the Church law forbids clergymen from engaging in partisan politics, and the role of the Church and clerics is “only for education and formation of consciences.”
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