After more than 15 months of trading barbs with Catholic clergymen, President Rodrigo Duterte said he wanted to develop “good rapport” with the Church hierarchy. All is good when you listen to other people,” Mr. Duterte said as he paid his last respects to the late Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal at Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral. [There] could be good rapport between me and the Church and the people, all our brothers and sisters, the Muslims, the Moro in Mindanao. Utmost respectThe President praised the deceased cardinal, who was one of the few prelates to whom Mr. Duterte deferred with utmost respect. “I’m here because, first and foremost, this is my obligation as a member of the Catholic Church,” he said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 23, 2017 20:48 UTC