Inequality Between Rich and Poor

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PAGPAG FILIPINOS EATING FOOD FROM GARBAGE - WASHED, BOILED, SAUTEED, COOKED INTO ADOBO THEN RE-SOLD.3gp

•Economic activity and material progress must be placed at the service of man and society (art 326, CSC)

•Faith in Jesus Christ makes it possible to have a correct understanding of social development (art.327, CSC)

•Goods, even when legitimately owned, always have a universal destination: any type of I proper accumulation is immoral, because it openly contradicts the universal destination assigned to all goods by the Creator (art. 328, CSC).

Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church has this to say (art 324):

•When sought or accepted with a religious attitude, poverty opens one to recognizing and accepting the order of creation

•In this perspective, the “rich man” is the one who places his trust in his possessions rather than in God, he is the man who makes himself strong by the works of his own hands and trusts only in his own strength.

•Every human being on earth has a responsibility to look upon his/her neighbor (without exception) as ‘another self’.

•This duty of making oneself a neighbor to others and actively serving them becomes even more urgent when it involves the disadvantaged.

•Jesus said :“As you did it to one of the least of these my brethren you did it to me (Article 1931 of The Catechism of the Catholic Church).

2. The issue of Apathy

One of the most worrying trends in the Philippines over the past decade is widespread apathy.

Pope John Paul II said that the greatestSin of this world is apathy.

Biblical Implication: The Parable of Jesus (Luke 16:19-31)

“There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.

At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what is left over from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.  

 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham,have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’

“But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.

“He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, sendrs.Lazarus to my family, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place ofTorment’.

He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”

 

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Another apathy in the New Testament

Consequences of Apathy

When man disobeys God and refuses to submit to his rule, nature rebels against him and no longer recognizes him as its 'master', for he has tarnished the divine image in himself.

The claim to ownership and use of created things remains still valid, but after sin its exercise becomes difficult and full of suffering (cf. Gen 3: 17-19).

3. Degradation of Environment

•The relationship of man with the world is a constitutive part of his/her humanity (art 452, CSC)

•Creation is always an object of praise in Israel’s prayer: Oh Lord How Manifold are Your Works! In Wisdom have You Made them All” (Psalm 104:24)

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•We have inherited from past generations the beauty of our environment.

•we have benefited from the work of our contemporaries in taking care of our environment.

•Therefore we have the obligation to take care of the environment for those who will come after us.

•This is a responsibility that present generation have towards those of the future.

Care for the environment represents a challenge for all of humanity. It is a matter of a common and universal duty, that of respecting common good (466, CSC)

Responsibility for the environment, the common heritage of mankind, extends not only to present needs but also to those of the future (467, CSC)

4. Political Degeneration

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Response of Secretary Abad

Abad confirms P1.2-B DAP released to solonsWritten by Paul Atienza Daily Tribune September 29

A total of P1.2 billion in stimulus funds, the disbursement of which is under the discretion of President Aquino, were given most of the senators between 2012 and 2013, Budget Secretary Florencio Abad confirmed yesterday and most were given in October 2012 five months after the conviction of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona in the Senate impeachment that led to his ouster.

Sen. Jinggoy Estrada in a privilege speech last Sept. 25 bared that P50 million was given to each of the 20 senators who voted to convict Corona, including himself, and what Estrada termed as “incentives” were distributed to the senators through a confidential letter signed by then chairman of the Senate finance committee now Senate President Franklin Drilon, a chief ally of President Aquino.

Comments from some members of Civil Society, Daily Tribune

The PROMISE during Corona trial from Noynoy --- GUSTO KO HAPPY KAYO tumitira kay Corona! Ayon, BUNOS NA 50M for each Senators dagdag doon sa 200M x 20 = 5B of peoples money!!! Equally happy, why not, were the congressmen who railroaded the case to the senate for trial. More happy siyempre yung sumali sa moro moro prosecution. CORONA DID'NT STEAL PEOPLES MONEY AND WAS CONVICTED ON SALN ERROR. How about you all Senators and Congressmen acting now like innocent babies. We're talking here of billions of peoples money lost as against SALN of Corona. Once, a senator tell a general-- 'HUWAG KA NG MAGPALIWANAG DAHIL WALA KA NG DIGNIDAD PARA MAGTANGGOL' and then the general shot himself! The people are shouting the same statement to senators and to Noynoy. And we pray you don't do as what the general did.

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CBCP’s Response on Pork Barrel

•In an unprecedented move, the Catholic bishops took a collective position against the Presidential Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and unleashed criticisms against it.

•In a pastoral statement, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said the present pork barrel practice in government “is fertile ground for graft and corruption.”

“Promoting the politics of patronage, it is contrary to the principles of stewardship, transparency and accountability. It is immoral to continue this practice,”

What are these manifested political patronage in our present government:

1. Pressures to Congressmen to impeach Corona from the Executive branch of our government:

•The defense panel presented a maverick congressman, Rep. Tobias Tiangco of Navotas, as its first witness last Monday when the Senate impeachment court resumed hearings that gave Chief Justice Renato Corona his day in court.

•Tiangco, who didn’t sign the impeachment complaint that 188 other congressmen dispatched with indecent haste to the Senate last Dec. 12 for trial, testified on the extraordinary pressures brought to bear on him by his colleagues to join them in the bandwagon effort to unseat Corona from his lofty position in the Supreme Court.

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•THE Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) encouraged the 64 lawmakers, who did not vote last week during second reading approval of the controversial reproductive health (RH) bill, to help in blocking its passage into law.

•In a pastoral letter intended to be read on the first of the nine dawn masses nationwide, the influential bishops' group "pleaded" to the 64 absent members of the House of Representatives to resist the "worldly pressures" of voting for it and instead use their conscience

2. On RH bill

•"We plead with the 64 congressmen, who have not voted, to be enlightened and stand up for the truth. As St. John the Baptist directed the people to justice, we call on you also to seek justice for the Filipino people," said the letter penned by CBCP vice president Archbishop Socrates Villegas on behalf of CBCP President Archbishop Jose Palma, who is out of the country.

RH bill: Aquino steps in, to meet with solonsBY ANGELA CASAUAYPOSTED ON 11/29/2012 6:10 PM | UPDATED 11/29/2012 7:16 PM

•After 4 weeks of perpetual quorum problems in the House of Representatives, President Benigno Aquino III has decided to step in.

•Through a text message sent by Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr to members of the House, President Aquino on Thursday, November 29, invited House members for a luncheon in Malacañang on Monday, December 3, in an apparent effort to break the impasse on the divisive Reproductive Health (RH) Bill.

•MANILA, Dec. 13, 2012— Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle has described as ‘tragic’ this morning’s vote by the House of Representatives to approve the “reproductive health” (RH) bill

•Lawmakers voted by 113-104 in favor of the controversial population control measure on second reading through nominal voting that lasted for some five hours

PDAF can destroy a person:

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•Authority must be guided by the moral law. All of its dignity derives from its being exercised within the context of the moral order, “which in turn has God for its first source and final end” (art. 396, CSC)

•Authority must recognize, respect and promote essential human and moral values. These are innate and “flow from the very truth of the human being and express and safeguard the dignity of the person; values which no individual, no majority and no State can ever create, modify or destroy” (art 397,CSC)