Un-Catholic Catholic politicians

Un-Catholic Catholic politicians

I lost the senatorial race but I gained a firmer faith to my God. I felt I did not campaign at all to win a senate seat but I ran to defend my church. The attacks even came from our own flock, the Catholic Church. I was a witness to a disgraceful display of Catholic politicians and even priests and religious strongly espousing the RH Bill. Worse, they even support the candidacy of Catholic politicians who champion platforms of government that are antithetical to the teachings and traditions of the church. These are scandalous and they may entice others to commit sin.

Shall the church ignore the sinful acts of these Catholic politicians? Does it not concern the church hierarchy to protect the sheep from the wolves?

A believing Catholic who loves the church should defend her at all cost and unconditionally embrace her teachings on the fundamental contents of faith and morals. It is my humble opinion that anyone who professes that he or she is a Catholic yet acts in a contrary manner is a humbug.

Ours is a pluralistic society and probably most of the Catholic politicians aver that in this situation they can make up their own minds on different social issues without being guided by any moral directives from the church. That is fine by me. Yet, the Church through some of her bishops and priests are relentlessly reminding the Catholic politicians of their moral obligations to the teachings of the church.

When shall the Catholic politicians truly behave as Catholics? Shall the bishops and priests dilly-dally or be tongue-tied on these crooked behaviors of the Catholic politicians? All of us Catholics should be awakened from our moral slumber and denounce these anti-Catholic outbreak from our own Catholic politicians.

I believe that the church is God’s living voice. I will remain to be a part of that voice and continue to evangelize politics either in or out of the senate hall.