ONE WEEK and one day, exactly. From the sanctified altar to the Christian family His Holiness’ encounter with the full spectrum of the Filipino families made it to be, the MOA descended to the very gutter of that which Francis called the “materialism and lifestyles which are destructive of family life and the most basic demands of Christian morality.”
Yeah, in only five days after Pope Francis left our shores, we have proven ourselves to be in the very embrace, in the tightest grip, of that which he warned us against: the “culture of the ephemeral.” So should we still be surprised? This is simply being Filipino. Ningas cogon, we call it. Until the next papal visit then.
