The Church in the Philippines: Clerical Discipline

Friday, February 11, 2011

By Retired Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz (three parts)

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

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This blog gives some highlights on the important events in the life of the Christian community in the Philippines, its triumphs and tragedies, and its witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Our Triumphs page contains reports on significant achievements of the Philippine Church in the life of the Christian community in the country.

Our Tragedies page provides digested reports on failures of omissions and commissions in the Christian community in the Philippine Church particularly that of its clergy.

The Related News gives a brief on important developments in other Catholic Churches worldwide that may have significant impact in the lives of the faithful in the Church in the Philippines.

WORDS TO PONDER

"These revelations were a shock for me, a great sadness. It is difficult to understand how this perversion of the priestly ministry was possible... It is also a great sadness that the authority of the church was not sufficiently vigilant and not sufficiently quick and decisive in taking the necessary measures." Pope Benedict XVI, interview with Philip Pullella & Avril Ormsby, "Catholic Church heads not vigilant over sex abuse--Pope" Reuters 16 September 2010

"You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother's womb. I praise you, so wonderfully you made me; wonderful are your works!" Psalms 139:13-14

"Real corruption is moral and spiritual corruption. The rejection or disregard of morality and religious belief is at the core of corruption. Moral and spiritual corruption breeds its kind in other spheres of life--political, social, and economic." Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, Securing our Moral Heritage: Towards a Moral Society

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Clerical Discipline

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