Category Archives: Religion

CJ Lourdes Sereno, Rappler’s Maria Ressa to St. Scholastica Nun: Shut Up!

7D71DF24-973A-4D42-BA61-BEB92A366585MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Ang isda ay hahuhuli sa sariling bibig (The fish is caught by its own mouth).

This is exactly what happened to activist nun and former president of St. Scholastica’s College Sister Mary John Mananzan.

In an interview on GMA News, she criticized the Duterte government for trying to silence the opposition by citing the cases of Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno, Senator Leila De Lima and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa.

“Tignan mo ang nangyayari sa opposition, si Sereno, si Leila De Lima, at Rappler … basta nag-object ka, nagprotest ka, naganyan ka … anong klaseng democracy ‘yan, hindi ba democracy means you have to have opposition? Kung hindi ka ganyan, hindi ka democracy.”

While De Lima was pleased at Mananzan’s comment, Sereno and Ressa both condemned the nun.

”As Chief Justice, I am supposed to be non-partisan,” Sereno said.

”As a journalist and news media executive, I am neither anti nor pro-opposition,” Ressa said.

Both then asked Mananzan to just STFU (shut up).

Vatican Delays This Year’s Easter Sunday By One Week

F7705CDF-2401-4C0A-AC0D-8D984E3BB679.jpegTHE VATICAN (The Adobo Chronicles, Rome Bureau) – Because this year’s Easter Sunday falls on April 1 — April Fool’s Day — Pope Francis has decreed a one-week delay in the celeberation of Christ’s Resurrection.

Speaking in his native Spanish from St. Peter’s Basilica, Francis said, “We cannot turn our believers into non-believers, especially on this joyous day in the Roman Catholic calendar.  Easter is definitely not a joke.”

It will be recalled that the Pope in February also urged lovers to postpone their Valentine’s celebration because it fell on Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting and abstinence.

We commend the flexibility of the Pope and the Catholic Faithful!

Philippine Bishops Not Happy About EDSA People Power Anniversary Rally This Sunday

6780A333-FFBE-446F-96DA-7A935805A562MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Since the first EDSA People Power, the Catholic Bishops of the Philippines have always been supportive and at the forefront of protest rallies against the government. But alas, the robed church hierarchy is frowning at this year’s commemoration of EDSA I on February 25.

Protest organizers have called on the people to stage a mass walkout this Sunday.

That means that Catholics will be walking out of Sunday masses at churches nationwide.

So expect churches to be ghost towns this Sunday.

It will be a big loss of revenue for the Catholic Church because of empty Sunday collection baskets.

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is holding an emergency meeting today to come up with a strategy to discourage people from participating in the EDSA rally and instead fulfill their obligation by attending mass and contributing to the Sunday collection.

For starters, the CBCP has banned all nuns, priests and seminarians from participating in the EDSA rally.