Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines President Archbishop Soc Villegas weighs in on the pork scam: “Let the national news of the recent weeks about extensive corruption in governance make us more humble as moral guides and more zealous as lighthouses of morality in the midst of the storms besetting our boat. We have our own ‘pork’ to abolish so that we can be better,” “The fear of the Lord is our only alternative. No more complacent orderliness … we must smell like the sheep and get out of the swivel chair. No more religiosity without godliness [and] beyond knowledge of the faith, let us live it." “The core problem is not just the shameless corruption of a growing number of greedy corrupt officials in a system that has become corruption-friendly. The issue is the breakdown of our moral fiber as a Christian nation.” “The issue could also be the diminishing relevance and eroding credibility of moral shepherds … the failure of religion to make morality and ethics the foundation of all human actions and endeavors, after almost 500 years of Gospel presence,”. “We cannot be swivel chair pastors. We must get out to the barangays and public schools, visit the charity wards of hospitals, teach catechism again, visit homes again—make a ‘mess’ in society." Read more: newsinfo.inquirer.net/478509/pork-scam-a-breakdown-of-filipinos-moral-fiber-2#ixzz2dUw048si Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 23:25:24 +0000
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