President Rodrigo Duterte is not yet over with his tirades against the Catholic Church. He even encouraged his audience composed of Filipino-American delegates to read the book “Altar of Secrets” by the late journalist Aries Rufo, published in 2013. The book tackled corruption, sexual abuses and other controversies that rocked the Philippine Catholic Church. Basahin mo, bukas hindi ka na Katoliko, maniwala ka [Read it, tomorrow you’re no longer Catholic, believe me],” Duterte said. Malacañang has said Duterte was not “anti-Catholic” but was merely dispirited at the “adversarial” response of the Catholic Church to his deadly anti-drug war.

Source: Manila Times July 15, 2017 16:46 UTC