Politics

It used to be that crimes were done in the name of God. Hand it to the inglorious Gloria Macapagal Arroyo...

There is something wrong with the universe. A group of Bishops have sought moral absolution from a bunch of politicians, in a gallery crowded by the Catholic supporters, after some heavy lobbying with the politicians beforehand.

Make no mistake: The recent PCSO scandal violates the separation of churches and state. Yet some, including several Senators, think that the PCSO and Catholic bishops weren't doing anything wrong. By the end of this article, I hope you'll agree: In every donation the bishops received from the PCSO, secularism was undoubtedly, unquestionably, and unmistakably violated.

So the CBCP supposedly apologized for receiving PCSO funds to buy themselves SUVs, all the while mewling that those funds were...

It's a miracle any of us have been posting on the site recently, considering how little sleep we've gotten these past...

Dear Honorable Senator -- we, the Filipino Freethinkers, are the people behind this. We were the ones who made the cardboard Pajeros and rode them in bishop's attire. It was we, along with fellow like-minded groups who banded with us to form a single movement, who showed our ire towards this glaring violation of Church-State separation the day of the Senate hearings.

From crying persecution and pointing the finger at other bribed religious groups (no other sects are known to have been bribed) to the latest non-apology of “we are sorry for the pain and sadness that these events have brought upon you”, the CBCP will stop at nothing to prove to the world that having God on your side rarely ever means you have the facts on your side.

Earlier, the Bantay Bishop movement was jumpstarted with a march to the Senate. Our main objective was to push for fairness in the Senate's treatment of the bishops, particularly in response to certain senators' assurance that these men of the cloth would be coddled like scared little children.

"We're here to remind everyone that even bishops can be criminals, too," said Red Tani, spokesman of Bantay Bishop. "Criminals must be brought to justice, even if they're leaders of religious organizations."