I got an article written by FFL "In defense of the Church". The one written in blue is my reaction/response. I am one with FFL in saying that we need to defend the Church. But the real attack is not coming from the outside force, it is from the inside. Evil have come through the hypocrisy that is in us, when truth are manipulated, fabricated and made it for all people to believe.
IN DEFENSE OF THE CHURCH
May 6, 2008
Our commitment, as expressed in our statutes, is “to rise in defense of the Roman Catholic Church against the forces that seek to destroy or weaken it.”
This is exactly what CFC is all about. "Moved by the Holy Spirit, one with the Catholic Church..."
In the past few weeks, the Church hierarchy has been subjected to unprecedented attacks.
...The church heirarchy has been subjected to so many attacks already- history will tell. But what makes it different is, the peddled lies of the FFL to manipulate the heirarchy and putting them (Church heirarchy in the bad light..attracting negative attention)
Against bishops and the Church in general“…. it is very easy for me to discern falsity, or hypocrisy, especially of the self-righteous who preach much more than they practice.” “And we must forgive those who were anointed to guide and protect us from the evil that has enslaved us for they probably know not what they do.” (Boy Montelibano, “A Mortal Blow to a Mortal Crime,” March 7, 2008)
Wow...this is not against the Bishops and the Church in general but to those whom this article is concerned.
“In the center of controversy ….. hypocrisy which is a constant presence in the halls of hierarchy ….” (Boy Montelibano, “Hate Campaign against Gawad Kalinga will not Succeed,” April 20, 2008)
Very true, in the midst of this controversy, Frank has used the heirarchy on his favor. His hypocrisy has tainted the heirarchy.
“….. the Catholic Church seems determined to preach only the new theology that God wants to reward the wicked and punish the good.” “The bishops accept money from a hypocritical to do everything in their power to keep her in power just so they could fatten and gladden themselves.” “I do not claim to know the ways of heaven, but when St. Peter goes out one day to meet Meloto ….., and the bishops who have praised their God loudly by refusing to condemn the most corrupt of their ‘sisthren,’ I have a good idea whom he will send upstairs and downstairs.” (Conrado de Quiros, “There’s the Rub,” April 22, 2008)
How the Catholic Church attended the controversies based on the peddled lies of FFL has brought a negative impression from the public writers.
“What is generally known but not so talked about is the participation, by commission or omission, of the Catholic Church in causing and perpetuating the situation of poverty and corruption.” “….. fundamentalism and spiritual bigotry. ….. there is hope that erring cardinals and bishops who have veered away will ultimately see the way, the truth and the light.” (Boy Montelibano, “Nobility versus Hypocrisy,” April 23, 2008)
It is a prayer, that somehow the Catholic Church through its cardinals and bishops may see the way, the truth and the light far from how the FFL manipulates the situation.
“There are true Christians among Catholics, but there are also Catholics who are not even Christians at all. Sometimes, even the shepherds of Christ’s Church are themselves lost sheep.” “Sad to say, we have the same breed of confused clergy today mouthing condemnation and raising alarums of eternal damnation against members of the Catholic congregation who happen to outdo them in their avowed mission to win hearts and souls for Christ.” “The bishops preach that gambling is evil and yet bishops and cardinals are known to derive a big chunk of funds from gambling operations of PCSO and Pagcor. How can they provide spiritual inspiration to the faithful when they themselves are confused about their own perspectives?” (William Esposo, “How the New Pharisees Undermine the Roman Catholic Church,” April 29, 2008)
What the writer needs to see is the consistency of how the teaching is implemented.
“The conflicting messages and actuation of the Church hierarchy among themselves and oftentimes in full view of the public contribute to the lessening of the credibility of this same hierarchy. Worse, the participation or intrusion of the Vatican in a controversy which it should keep away from can lessen its own credibility …..” “….. religious bigotry and fundamentalism.” (Boy Montelibano, “GK Enough or More …. Are we a Church of the Poor?”, April 17, 2008)
We pray that the heirarchy may be truly guided and may not be misled by those who try to manipulate the truth.
Against Bishop Gabriel Reyes“Bishop Gabriel Reyes ….. wants like Pontius Pilate to appear uninvolved.” (Boy Montelibano, “Hate Campaign against Gawad Kalinga will not Succeed,” April 20, 2008)
We do hope that Boy is proven to be wrong. Bishop, are you really involved with FFL?
“The statement is not only shocking, but utterly absurd. It is, in fact, quite perverted because of the fact that it comes from the Catholic Church as orchestrated by a bishop from the Philippines.” (Boy Montelibano, “Nobility versus Hypocrisy,” April 23, 2008)
“The actuation of Bishop Gabriel Reyes is suspect because his name had already been reported in another controversy affecting Couples for Christ last year. Seen clearly by the hundreds of thousands of CFC members as a partisan supporter of a breakaway splinter group, Bishop Reyes has done much to damage the image of the Church …..”
“A wide range of issues were raised by the new Pharisees.” “But this makes us wonder if all this hypocrisy that emulates nothing but the Pharisees is at bottom all about money.” (William Esposo, “How the New Pharisees Undermine the Roman Catholic Church,” April 29, 2008)
Against Bishop Reyes and Cardinal Rylko“What we speak of here in the current brouhaha with the actions of the concerned Church personalities is a matter of Church protocol or even hypocrisy, not Church dogma. As Cardinal Rylko and bishop Gabriel Reyes smear, deliberately or consequently, the most noble work …..” “Cardinal Rylko and Bishop Reyes call it an ‘overemphasis’ on the social instead of the spiritual. That is not only a spiritual distortion, it is contrary to Church teachings. But in the case of Cardinal Rylko, I will call it only ignorance of the truth, or the human weakness of believing a source without sound basis.” “….. from fundamentalism and hypocrisy, from the clutches of the evil that lurks of those who claim to be spiritual and moral leaders.” (Boy Montelibano, “Hate Campaign against Gawad Kalinga will not Succeed,” April 20, 2008)
“Christ did warn us: ‘Beware the devil quoting scripture.’ The new Pharisees and their Vatican ally, Cardinal Rylko, cannot even be consistent with what Pope Benedict XVI has been pushingsocial action.” (William Esposo, “How the New Pharisees Undermine the Roman Catholic Church,” April 29, 2008)
“Anyone who reads the letter of Cardinal Rylko can easily deduce that he had fallen for the position of the Pharisees, a position that was apparently espoused and presented by Bishop Reyes who heads the National Council of the Laity here.” (William Esposo, “Updates on the Pharisees, GK and CFC,” May 6, 2008)
Against Cardinal Rylko“The Church’s latest disincentive to faith is the letter of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for the Laity to Couples for Christ seeking to ‘correct’ what is wrong with it.” (Conrado de Quiros, “There’s the Rub,” April 22, 2008)
Who are the attackers?
FFL!
Boy Montelibano is the right-hand man of Tony Meloto, the head of Gawad Kalinga. William Esposo and Conrado de Quiros are associates of Montelibano in a political group that is looking to having Tony Meloto as a candidate for President in 2010.
What are you afraid of if Tony really runs for 2010 election? Is this another propaganda to discredit the man whose passion is only to love the poor? (What a sad mentality among Filipinos eh., everytime we see someone who helps the poor, we suspect him of having a political interest.)
We deplore the lies, disinformation, and rabble rousing in the writings of these three persons. We deplore the use of media to malign the Church and the hierarchy. We deplore the disrespect to our spiritual shepherds.
We have deplored all the lies since last year! However, FFL tries to present their own version of truth. "LIES, DISINFORMATION, MALIGN, DISRESPECT," these were the issues we had since last year.
We also regret that the CFC International Council under Joe Tale, the members of which have authority over GK, have chosen not to correct or chastise Montelibano, a CFC member and a GK leader. By their silence they betray their concurrence, at the very least, with what has been written.
And we also regret that FFL have manipulated the TRUTH to their favor which put the Church heirarchy in a bad light. How can the IC chastise Boy Montelibano- an ordinary CFC member, if they could not even chastise Frank Padilla - a top leader of CFC and prevented the split.
We declare that there is absolutely no truth to the allegations.
Very true, there is no truth about witch-hunt, overemphasis of social, disobedience and etc.
We ask our brethren to continue to engage in spiritual warfare, as the enemy continues to rage. New Age has infiltrated GK, and it is a characteristic of New Agers that they hate the Church. New Age coupled with a political agenda becomes even more diabolical.
It is better that way,at least we know and we see. But be wises as fox and be clever as doves! Because the one who is more diabolical is hidden under the white robes of the heirarchy and have even infiltrated into the minds of the heirarchy. This is more dangerous because it attacks you in the times that you are not ready. To believe in a certain truth that in reality it was a total lie!
We call on all CFC members, both CFC-GK-IC and CFC-FFL, to defend the integrity of the Church, and to reject those who for selfish reasons seek to destroy or weaken it.
We call on both CFC and FFL especially Frank. Let us stop this! Let us be reconciled! Let us work together in defending the Church. Do not put CFC in a badlight to the heirarchy! Surrender you weapons!
When we start to complement each other, when we start to love each other, when we will start to make peace and reconcile with each other, then the independent writers will stop writing about us. Then they will stop writing against the Catholic heirarchy.
The real truth is, it is our own fault why these writers write unfavorably. We fight, we argue, you separate, we had a split and so they have all the stroies to write. They love to write controversies to attract interest in the public. But when we unite, they have nothing to write. So let us be united again!
With what you are doing, it is the Mother Church that is suffering in the person of its Bishops and Cardinal! You have to realize that! The IC is now making a reparation to the relationship with the heirarchy (that you have destroyed by your manipulated truth). Allow them to do so.
CFC-FFL
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