BREAKING: Catholics Will not be Part of Duterte's Presidency

Source: Abante

Out ang Katoliko sa gobyerno ko! -- Du30

Tahasang sinabi ni Davao City Mayor Rodrigo ‘Digong’ Duterte na sakaling manalo siya sa pagka-pangulo nga­yong eleksyon ay walang magiging role o ga­gampanang papel ang Simbahang Katoliko sa ilalim ng kanyang admi­nistrasyon.

“No more. Why should I acknowledge them? They say I should not be elected. I will not die if the Catholics will not vote for me,” sabi pa ni Duterte.

Gayunman, sinu­suportahan niya ang fa­mily planning, moderno man o ‘yung natural me­thods at binigyang-diin pa na ang ideal number of children per family ay dalawa hanggang tatlo upang mas mapalaki nang mabuti.

Samantala, minaliit lamang ng Catholic Bi­shops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) ang pagyayabang ni Duterte na hindi nito kailangan ang boto ng mga Katoliko sa buong bansa.

Ayon kay Lipa Archbishop Ramon Arguelles, kung hindi kailangan ni Duterte ang boto ng may 81 por­siyentong registered voters na Katoliko ay bahala na itong maniwala sa kanyang sarili.

“Kung hindi niya kailangan ang boto ng mga Katoliko ay bahala siya basta sa kasalukuyan ay nasa 81 porsiyento lang naman ang mga botante na pawang tagasunod ng Simbahang Katoliko,” sa panayam ng Abante kay Arguelles.

Ani Arguelles, kahit nakuha ni Duterte ang basbas ng Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) ay hindi ito nakakasiguro na mapupuwersa ng pamunuan nito na sumunod ang mga miyembro nito.

Cardinal Sarah: ‘Priests are not obliged to wash women’s feet on Holy Thursday’

"[T]his is a grave departure from liturgical orthodoxy and the symbolism of this washing becomes null and in reality promotes feminism." -Rev. Fr. Ronald Brown

Source: Catholic Herald
By Staff Reporter
Posted Thursday, 17 Mar 2016

Cardinal Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (PA)

The Vatican liturgy chief reportedly said that priests should act according to their own conscience

Priest are not obliged to wash the feet of women during the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments has said.

Cardinal Sarah told reporters in Rome last month that a priest “has to decide in accord with his own conscience, and according to the purpose for which the Lord instituted this feast”.

Cardinal Sarah’s comments follow a decree issued by Pope Francis which revises the rules for the traditional foot-washing ritual on Holy Thursday, extending the rite to include women and young girls.

The rite was celebrated separately to the Holy Thursday Mass before Pope Pius XII restored it in 1955.

Before this point, women’s feet could be washed, but only by other women.