Pray for Duterte, ‘a very sick man,’ Caloocan bishop urges Filipinos

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<p>MANILA—Filipinos should pray for President Rodrigo Duterte for he is a “very sick man,” Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David said Friday. </p><p>“I think it should obvious to people by now that our country is being led by a very sick man. We pray for him. We pray for our country,” David said in a Facebook post.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/pablovirgilio.david/posts/10212795767706085" data-width="auto"> </div><p>The statement came after Duterte called saints “gago” (fools) and “lasenggo” (drunk) after telling Filipinos to emulate them on All Saints’ Day.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/02/18/after-saying-emulate-our-saints-duterte-calls-them-ggo-drunkards">After saying ‘emulate our saints,’ Duterte calls them ‘g*go,’ drunkards</a></li></ul><p>David said there is “nothing new” about saints being called as such, because to be a Christian is to be a “fool for Christ.” </p><p>“There’s nothing new about our saints being called ‘fools and drunkards’. St John the Baptist was even called ‘devil-possessed’. Jesus himself was called a ‘glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinner’,” he said.</p><p>“To be a Christian is to be ready to be branded as a ‘fool for Christ’.”</p><p>The President has repeatedly courted outrage from Catholics and their leaders due to their criticism of his war on drugs and other policies.</p>

<p>The statement by Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David came after Duterte called saints “gago” (fools) and “lasenggo” (drunk).</p>

The statement by Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David came after Duterte called saints “gago” (fools) and “lasenggo” (drunk).

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Pray for Duterte, ‘a very sick man,’ Caloocan bishop urges Filipinos

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Published Nov 02, 2018 10:46 PM PHT

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