GMA Nalintikan

Can't they see the sign? When PGMA was addressing her allied bishops and priests at Baguio Cathedral, a particularly loud thunderclap hit the vicinity. It was so strong where I was at SM, that the gang of boys beside my table shrieked. I twittered about jokingly that the media should prepare for lightning as PGMA was set to talk. And she did and it did thundered. I don't know if the brownout was caused by the lightning but I wouldn't be surprised. Of course, she thanked the bishops for their support to her regime aka kleptocracy. And of course, she told them about her anti-poverty program which of course did not include her stepping out of office and killing the Gonzales twins and the Abalosers. And since it is the opening of the poverty summit, she should have just worn a Tshirt with THE CAUSE written on it. She looked so holy and the bishops just loved it. But God showed her disgust by throwing lightning at the Cathedral. The media will not include that phenomological aspect in their writing, of course. They will talk about her program like it's their first time to hear it.

What the Fuck is Wrong With Karapatan?

You are saying sorry to the widow of Crispin Beltran because of the snafu about the Bicol Bishop telling the priests of Bicol not to say mass for him because he is not supposedly a Catholic? Because his body spent a night at the Aglipayan Cathedral? You are saying sorry for the Bicol Bishop who is a hypocrite? Everything that Beltran did is not worth it because he was not a Catholic (even if he was)? Human rights transcend big-time religion. We are disrespecting the memory of Beltran and of his wife by saying sorry to a bishop who kowtows only to God a/o PGMA. Karapatan is now like an oppressive politician who knows he (or she in the case of PGMA) is in the right because he kisses the hand of the bishop. I love Godfather I and II because it reminds me of me and you. What intellectual and spiritual liars we have become.

Si Bishop, Nagpapatawa

If Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales would have his way, gays or male homosexuals would not be allowed participation in the traditional Santacruzan or Flores de Mayo. According to Rosales, allowing gays to be part of the Santacruzan “defeats the real purpose of the religious procession." “Instead of giving honor to the Blessed Virgin Mary, you are destroying the devotion by having gays there instead of women. As a result it becomes a laughing matter," the Cardinal told Radio Veritas in an interview.

Without the badings, there would be no gowns, no flower decorations and the women would look like ghosts. At may mga fadirs na hindi na rin magmimisa, hala ka!

Body of Christ. Kukutaok! Kukutaok!

The Bishop of Bicol banned the giving of communion hosts to fighting cocks. That the bishop would issue a statement means that the practice is popular. The punishment is excommunication
Unless you are Elmer, the talking cock of Gerry Alanguilan. Then the punishment is excommunicating the cock. Hey, download Elmer here!

Unholy Week

Some photos from the fabulously surreal David LaChapelle