I was shocked, having watched over the GMA-7's "24 ORAS" Bishop Tobias' apology to ERAP in his Homily on the Eucharistic celebration for ERAP'S birthday. I first read the writing about it and when the news clip was not yet available online I ardently hoped it was just another misquotation by the seemingly sensationalist Philippine media. But when I watched the clip, I was dismayed to hear these words from the Bishop of Novaliches to Erap: "I hope you can forgive the Catholic Church for what happened to you." He reaffirmed such stance by saying on an interview by a reporter of GMA-7 saying, "Nag apologize ako kay former President dahil isang sama ng kanyang loob ay nag-umpisa siya sa politika sa pagsusundot ng simbahan at in the end, ang simbahan din at ito ay ang mga katoliko lalong lalo na ang mga Obispo ang nakapaalis sa kanya." The Bishop should not have apologized on behalf of the entire Catholic Church for I am sure his thoughts are not shared by majority of the Catholic Church. Much more, he could not apologize on behalf of the other Bishops, most of whom issued their own pastoral statements calling for ERAP'S resignation in 2000. The most that he could have said is to ask ERAP'S forgiveness for his "personal participation" in EDSA 2. The Catholic Church Hierarchy (or should i say overwhelming majority of it) went against ERAP after feeling the pulse of the masses. But here is a Bishop apologizing on behalf of the multitudes of Catholics who joined EDSA 2. That is a travesty!!!! I was at EDSA 2 and I do not feel the need to apologize to ERAP. Bishop Tobias cannot apologize for me! Neither can he apologize for the multitudes of Catholics- religious and laity alike who called for ERAP'S resignation.
G. C. UANAN
21 April 2006
7 comments:
Yeah right... i think the holy spirit was mistaken in TOBIAS (joke). He should have calrified that he was speaking personally... but even speaking personally is uncalled for because he is a member of the CBCP. Anyways more power Grevy!!!
You are right, Bishop TOO-BIAS is a travesty!!!!!!
Although im anti-GMA, i remain to be anti-ERAP. You are right in saying that Bishop TOO-BIAS does not the right to apologized in behalf of all of the catholics who trooped to edsa in january 2001.
Yan si Bishop TOO-BIAS ay sinuhula siguro ni Erap kayo gayon na lang ang pagsipsip nito sa kanya. Hindi na lang nahiya.
only in the philippines
In apologizing to ERAP, was Bishop Tobias not just being remorseful about the role of the Catholic Church in EDSA 2?
RE: PARADOX'S COMMENT
TOOBIAS MAY BE REMORESEFUL YEAH RIGHT BUT HE CANNOT BE REMORESFULL FOR ALL OF US ANTI-ERAP CATHOLICS. THE BOTTOM LINE IS TOOBIAS MAY HAVE BEEN GIVEN A FORTUNE. I REMEMBER THAT HE WAS A LOW PROFILE BISHOP WHEN HE WAS STILL IN LA UNION.
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