Another Catholic priest in the Phillippines, 43, was shot dead by radical Islamic militants on Sunday, June 10, as he was preparing to say Sunday Mass. Another victim of the global Christian genocide that the media chooses to ignore. He was the 3rd Catholic priest to be killed in the last six months in the Phillippines following the murders of 37-year-old Father Mark Anthony Ventura and 72-year-old Father Marcelito Paez.
Here is a powerful letter about the KILLING from the Archdiocese to the people and President of the Phillippines:
Message to the People of God
by the Clergy of
the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan
on June 12, 2018
by the Clergy of
the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan
on June 12, 2018
Our dear people of God:
They are killing our flock. They are killing us the shepherds. They are killing our faith. They are cursing our Church. They are killing God again as they did in Calvary.
Killing is the solution. Killing is the language. Killing is the way. Killing is the answer. Killing is encouraged. Killing is their job. Killers are rewarded. Killers boast of their murders.
They kill in the streets. They kill inside homes. They kill in tricycles and jeeps. They kill in plazas. They kill in the malls. They kill in the chapels. The nation is a killing field. They kill everywhere. They are happy to kill. But we are not a nation of killers.
Are you still clapping? Are you still laughing? You still find it funny? You still think "Dapat lang"? Are you still saying "Pagbigyan natin"? Are you still saying our people feel safer now? Are you still saying this is the best government we ever had? Is this the change you want? Are these the changes you dream of? Are you still saying "There are some good things happening! Focus on the good"? If they curse us again for speaking up, we will not be surprised.
Are you afraid to talk? You think silence is a virtue? You think we your shepherds should sow unity by being like the monkeys who see and speak and hear no evil? You think we can be the next target if we speak? Do you still care? Where is your faith? You talk in whispers. You are afraid to be heard? Have we become numb and dumb?
Today, the murderers are commended and the king is undisturbed.
We your Archbishop, the Bishop-elect of Bayombong, and the clergy of the Archdiocese of Lingayen Dagupan, represented by our Vicars Forane, say together:
We are not afraid. We trust in the Lord. We are ready to battle for God's honor. They want to bury us priests. But they forget that we priests are seeds. When you bury us, we will grow more and flourish. You cannot stop the Gospel from growing. You cannot stop God from being God. You cannot muzzle the voice of Truth.
From the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, Dagupan City, June 12, 2018
+SOCRATES B. VILLEGAS
Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan
Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan
+JOSE ELMER I. MANGALINAO
Bishop-Elect of Bayombong
Bishop-Elect of Bayombong
Father Alvin Gerald Platon
Vicar General and Chancellor
Vicar General and Chancellor
Monsignor Oliver Mendoza
Moderator Curiae and Economus
Moderator Curiae and Economus
Monsignor Manuel Bravo
Minister for Evangelization
Vicar Forane of Saint Vincent Ferrer
Minister for Evangelization
Vicar Forane of Saint Vincent Ferrer
Father Allan Lopez, OP
Episcopal Vicar for Religious
Episcopal Vicar for Religious
Father Winston Estrada
Vicar Forane of Saints Peter and Paul
Vicar Forane of Saints Peter and Paul
Father Hernan Caronongan
Vicar Forane of Epiphany of the Lord
Vicar Forane of Epiphany of the Lord
Father Estephen Mark Espinoza
Vicar Forane of Saint Thomas
Minister for Social Action
Vicar Forane of Saint Thomas
Minister for Social Action
Father Antonio Ray Quintans
Vicar Forane of Saint Dominic
Vicar Forane of Saint Dominic
Father Kristoffer Allan Soriano
Judicial Vicar and Vice Chancellor
Judicial Vicar and Vice Chancellor
Father Eric Galivo
Minister for Worship
Minister for Worship
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