After celebrating the 4th anniversary of the presidential inauguration, Duterte should be thankful to the 16 million Filipinos who voted for him. He should also thank the priests and religious who campaigned for him and voted for him even after cursing the Pope and after the CBCP’s appeal to the faithful to vote according to their conscience. No survey has been conducted about how many percent of priests and religious supported him. What I have is anecdotal, personal knowledge and observation. In the religious community where I was living, most supported his candidacy, and I felt like a lonely voice warning them about the dire consequences (some of them even organized two victory celebrations in the church compound after the elections). … …
