I write this shit because some members of our society are going waaaaay too far--in this case, Elizabeth Angsioco, the Pro-RH Bill Ultrafeminist Bitch who is writing for Manila Standard Today. The crappy article could be read HERE, and below, I'll give my rants....
Ready your First Aid kits, people.
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Shock and outrage are all over because millions of pesos in Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office funds meant to help poor Filipinos were instead used to purchase vehicles for certain members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines. [Uhh, where can we read that? Here? hahahaha]
What these men in robes did was very wrong on several counts. [Come on. Show it.]
The 2005 CBCP Statement on Gambling said that based on MORAL teachings, “…the CBCP has made it a collective policy:.. to refrain from soliciting or receiving funds from illegal and legal gambling so as not to promote a culture of gambling; and to encourage church personnel and church institutions to refrain from doing the same, even when the objective may be that of helping the poor.” [Uh-huh...]
The PCSO is mandated to manage legal numbers games [Legal? Yes. Contributing to poverty alleviation? Not felt.]. Even if proceeds go to charity, the money is still from gambling, legal as it may be. Clearly, therefore, these bishops violated their own policy and did something immoral. “Helping the poor” cannot be a justification here [Proof, please...(of course except for the one you just mentioned].
I wonder if the CBCP will discipline these bishops [They are. They are even persuading their brother Bishops to speak about the truth, which in your part can be lies].
Art. VI, Sec. 29(2) of the Philippine Constitution states, “No public money or property shall be appropriated, applied, paid, or employed, directly or indirectly, for the use, benefit, or support of any sect, church, denomination, sectarian institution, or system of religion, or of any priest, preacher, minister, other religious teacher, or dignitary as such, except when the priest, preacher, minister, or dignitary is assigned to the armed forces, or to any penal institution, or government orphanage or leprosarium.” [So what?]
Even for a non-lawyer like me, this provision is self-explanatory [Self-explanatory, indeed. But there should be more legal interpretation of it; it's like you're using the Bible for your own convenience]. As plain as day, what then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, PCSO officials, and the bishops did was not only morally BUT legally wrong [Whatever. We don't need to mention more names; it's just wasting precious web and print space].
Even if those vehicles are used for social work, they still are used by, benefit, and support, directly and indirectly, the Roman Catholic Church [Besides, you're ignorant that the Catholic Church, though based in Rome, have other major rites--Antiochian, Syrian, and Byzantine. For more information, please refer to MSAG and other Catholic blogs] and the bishops. It is this simple [Simple? Is the structure of your sentence simple? Anyway, why do you have to focus your bitterness to Catholics? Is it because they spearhead everything against what you're supporting?].
I wonder if cases will be filed against those involved. [And I presume that if ever the Bishops concerned are put to jail, you'll laugh at their faces.]
Last May 28, I wrote “The church of the poor” (http://bit.ly/jnvdow) which specified the stock holdings of various Catholic entities in the Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI) and Philex Mining Corporation. Then, their total assets in stocks totalled P17.5 billion.
Three months later, stock prices rose. Based on Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) 7 July 2011 records, their holdings in these corporations are now worth a whooping P18,040,238,371.80.
These Catholic entities earned P567 million doing nothing! [Nothing? Are you sure? Then what do you call their "Pondo ng Pinoy"? Their social work for the poor? Can your anti-Church people even match what they did for 2,000 years?]
This is not all. The lists of their top 100 stockholders corporations submit quarterly to the PSE, Catholic entities have the following holdings in these corporations:
1. San Miguel Corporation (SMC) as of 31 June 2011 (the number to the right indicates ranking in list of stockholders)
• (31) El Superior De La Corporacion Filipina de Padres Agustinos Recoletos, Inc. with 7,370,000 shares;
• (75) Superior De La Corporacion Archicofradia De N.P.J.N.
De Recoletos with 1,234,603 shares;
• (79) Carmel of the Divine Infant Jesus of Prague Inc. A/C No. 2 with 957,516 shares;
• (81) The Roman Catholic Bishop of Tuguegarao with 856,639 shares;
• (83) Real Monasterio De La Purisima Concepcion De Nuestra
Madre Santa Clara De Manila with 809,834 shares;
• (91) Superior De La Corporacion De Padres Recoletos Por
Becas Y Vocaciones with 621,702 shares;
• (93) Carmel of St. Therese of the Child Jesus with 592,956 shares;
• (97) The Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Cebu with 451,864 shares; and
• (100) The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nueva Segovia De Vigan with 428,067 shares.
In SMC alone, RCC groups own a total of 13,323,181 shares worth P1,698,705,577.50 (at P127.50/share) as of 7 July PSE Market Information.
2. Ayala Group as of 31 March disclosure
• (64) Roman Catholic Bishop of Tagbilaran with 10,000 preferred B shares worth P1,015,000.00 (P100.10/share);
• (73) The Roman Catholic Bishop of Tuguegarao with 24,015 Ayala Corp. shares worth P7,828,890.00 at P326.00/share; and
• (100) The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila with 373,740 Ayala Land shares worth P5,890,142.40 at P15.76/share.
Total share value of RCC entities in Ayala Group is PhP14,734,032.40 as of 7 July.
3. PHINMA Corporation as of 30 June 2011
• (20) Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul with 159,575 shares;
• (21) The Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Juan De Dios with 153,880 shares; and
• (52) Religious of the Virgin Mary 58,975 shares.
In PHINMA, they own 372,430 shares valued (as of 5 July) at P12.30/share or a total of P4,580,889.00.
4. Concrete Aggregates Corporation (CA) as of 31 March 2011
• (9) The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila with 78,486 shares;
• (18) The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila – Real Casa De
Misericordia with 13,067 shares;
• (24) The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila – Hospital De San Juan De Dios with 8,317 shares;
• (66) The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila – Hospicio De San Jose with 1,898 shares; and
• (97) The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila Mayoromia Dela
Catedral with 841 shares.
In CA, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila’s various arms own a total of 102,609 shares worth P4,514,796 as of 7 July at P44.00/share.
5. PAL Holdings, Inc. as of March 31
• (22) Roman Catholic Bishop of Cebu with 215,250 shares; and
• (98) Congregacion De La Mision De San Vicente De Paul with 42,059 shares.
Here, they own 257,309 shares valued at P1,240,229.38 (P4.82/share as of 7 July.)
[Another waste of space. Even your most ardent readers will ask you how did you get all of these...or will they?]
There are a few more minor holdings that are not included here and many more corporations can be examined. Even without touching the RCC’s real estate properties (which are surely worth many billions) [What real estate properties are you talking about?], and its highly profitable businesses like schools and hospitals, it is quite clear that the RCC as a church, as well as its various entities are FILTHY RICH. [If that is the case, at least they give their wealth for the betterment of society; the only thing that makes it almost unknown is the fact that the people behind the Catholic Church who do such are anonymous for their own security.]
Catholic stock holdings alone in identified corporations already total to almost 20 billion pesos! Not bad for a Church, really. [Bah! Nonsense.]
What gets my goat is the fact that despite their untouched billions, the good bishops [Again, you got the nerve calling these Bishops good and at the same time disgusting. Make up your mind.] have the gall to compete against poor Filipinos for meager government funds. And for what? Vehicles that they can very well afford to buy.
Bishops, this is very, very wrong. This is kadiri! [Kadiri ka rin!]
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You know what, I don't really argue with women; but this woman has gone way too far.
I just hope that she may be enlightened, and that I could have longer patience on this.
Kadiring article 'yan.
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