A Pajero by any other name
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Well they’re not Pajeros but the seven Catholic bishops who received the manna from Gloria should return the sports utility vehicles (SUVs) of whatever name to the government in the name of propriety since this virtue is what the Church has been trying to ingrain on the multitude.
Everything falls flat in terms of the sense of morality, whether it be on abortion, euthanasia, family values and more so on corruption, being preached in the pulpit as a result of the involvement of high-ranking bishops in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) controversy.
It could be a well-crafted demolition job coming from Church opponents, or maybe some ingenious soul in the Palace, as the bishops have alleged, but the anomaly squarely scored a direct hit on the foundations of the local Catholic Church as much, or maybe more, as the sex scandals accused on members of the clergy.
Margie Juico with her exposés had put one over feisty former PCSO chairman Manoling Morato, who is church supported and who has started the ball rolling about the PCSO irregularities by accusing Juico of nepotism and making money in the agency. This too, should be probed by the Senate, as anomaly is still anomaly by any other name and by new chiefs..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110708com1.html
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