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
orangecrush
(19,572 posts)Of Catholic clergy there now.
Ghosts of El Salvador, especially with this relatively progressive Pope with the nazis running our government.
starshine00
(531 posts)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)due in large part to, and exacerbated by, a contraceptive ban in a Catholic theocracy.
starshine00
(531 posts)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)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)must be painful the $$$ they are losing to the drug people