Catholic Church leaders in Bulacan have advised their parishioners to heed their conscience when they vote on May 13, and not join the bandwagon and wage war against senators branded as members of either “Team Patay” or “Team Buhay.”
Roman Catholic Church leaders in Bulacan have advised their parishioners to heed their conscience when they vote on May 13, and not join the bandwagon and wage war against senators branded as members of either “Team Patay” or “Team Buhay.”
The “Team Patay/Team Buhay” posters have reached many provinces and Tarlac is no different as its San Sebastian Cathedral also greets churchgoers with its own such posters.
“In a world where regulation is required to have order, even Jesus would want His disciples to follow regulation.”
The Supreme Court will hear today the arguments of both the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Diocese of Bacolod regarding the posting of “Team Patay, Team Buhay” tarpaulins.
The party responsible for, pardon the pun, conceiving and posting the names of candidates who supported the Reproductive Health (RH) bill and classifying them as Team Patay is certainly regretting the fallout from the controversial “branding.”
A member of the clergy here will not follow the example set by other Church leaders in putting up the controversial Team Patay-Team Buhay tarpaulin, saying it is “unchristian” to malign people.
Tarpaulins are out; bulong (whisper) is in. Archbishop Paciano Aniceto of Pampanga said he chose a quiet approach in sharing information on who is on Team “Buhay” and Team “Patay” or senatorial candidates who supported or rejected the Reproductive Health Act.
CEBU CITY—Vice President Jejomar Binay said the Team Patay-Team Buhay tarpaulin displayed in front of the San Sebastian Cathedral in Bacolod City could not be considered an endorsement of candidates. Binay said the candidates listed on the tarpaulin came from different parties. “The Church is only saying (that) these are the people who [...]
Bacolod Bishop Vicente Navarra on Friday asked the Supreme Court to stop the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from implementing its order to remove the Team Buhay and Team Patay tarpaulins placed in front of the San Sebastian Cathedral in this city.
Better to be part of “Team Patay” than “Team Patay Sindi.” Senate minority leader Alan Peter Cayetano said his wife, Lani, the mayor of Taguig City, has a better reason not to mind his inclusion on the list of Senate candidates dubbed Team Patay by the diocese of Bacolod for voting in favor of the reproductive health (RH) bill.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will file criminal charges against officials of the Catholic Church if they continue to refuse to take down an “oversized” campaign material hung outside a cathedral in Bacolod City, Comelec chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. said Thursday.
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has been asked to end its “Team Buhay and Team Patay” campaign.
