What has Catholic church done for war on drugs? Duterte wants to know

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday slammed the Catholic hierarchy yet again for criticizing his war on drugs.

This time, he asked Catholic leaders why the church had yet to contribute to the campaign against illegal drugs despite the millions in collection its parishes receive.

"May isang simbahan pa roon ipinapakita ‘yung mga extrajudicial. Anong ginawa ng simbahan? Kayong simbahan ng Katoliko. Milyon ang kita ninyo linggo-linggo all throughout the Philippines, karaming simbahan. Saan ang pera ng tao?" Duterte said in a speech in Malacañang.

"Kami, ‘yung pera namin, ine-explain namin sa tao. Kayo? Kayong mga pari, mga Obispo. Ang gaganda ng suot ninyo, mga kotse. Meron ba kayong isang bahay lang maski limang kwarto para rehab? Anong ginawa niyo sa simbahan ninyo?" he added. 

He added that the priests should explain the dangers of illegal drugs to the Catholic faithful.

"Nagbibilang kayo ng pera instead of going around the neighborhoods explaining to the people why they should not be in that industry because they will die. [Ngayon] gusto ninyong matapos ang patayan? All you have to do is to preach kasi karamihan dito Katoliko," Duterte said. 

"Kung mahusay ka na pari, ipaintindi mo, 'Mamamatay ka. Umalis ka sa droga.' Eh ‘di nakakatulong pa kayo. Hindi instead na maghintay kayo na may namatay na, you criticize the police, you criticize me. For what? Kayo ‘yung may mga pera eh. Sira ulo pala kayo," he added. 

Duterte even offered to give his narco-list to the priests and asked that the drug personalities be bathed in holy water.

"Ito nga eh, ibigay ko sa inyo. Basbasan ninyo ito ng…Totoo man kaya ‘yung holy water? Paliguan ninyo ng isang toneladang tubig para gumaling. I thought that is a -- miracle ‘yung tubig ninyo. Eh ‘di ipainom ninyo," Duterte said.

"Daldal kayo nang daldal diyan eh tapos kayo ang…With all the pageantry and ceremony, pa-gold-gold pa kayo ng mga chalice diyan. Eh, samantalang ‘yung nakikinig sa inyo mga walang kain. Mga chalice, chalice pa kayo, de-gold pa," he added.

"Gusto ninyo tunawin ko pa ito, ibigay ko sa inyo chandelier ng Malacañang. Dagdagan ninyo ‘yung gold ninyo. Gawin ninyong mga medalya. Tingnan mo ‘yung medalya ninyo, kalalaki, gold. P***** i** bakit si Kristo ba ipinako ng krus doon?" Duterte said.

No moral ascedancy 

Duterte said Catholic leaders had no moral ascendancy to criticize the country's war on drugs that killed thousands suspects if it could not give justice to the children that priests molested.

"So kung gusto mo talaga showdown, eh showdown na sige. Magbago kayo ‘pag hindi…If you cannot mend your ways, if you cannot even give justice to the, you know, the small boys that you have molested in the past, you do not have that moral ascendancy to lecture on what to do," Duterte said.

"Sanctity of life? You’re enjoying your worth pagkatapos sanctity. Kayo diyan mga palasyo. Ang mga tao nandiyan sa squatters tapos sanctity? Tumingin nga kayo salamin ninyo," he added.

"You expose me, fine. I expose you. Bakit? Ang mali ninyo okay lang, ang amin hindi? B******. Kalokohan ‘yan. Extrajudicial killing, tumulong kayo," Duterte said.

The President after he announced his presidential bid in 2015 admitted that he was once molested by a priest when he was still a student of the Ateneo de Davao University.

The President also reminded the Catholic church of their shortcomings as some of their priests and bishop were involved in corruption allegations during the time of former President and incumbent Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. 

"Kayong mga pari, remember you ask, mga sakyanan kay Gloria? Knowing fully well na mga pulis nga walang masakyan. Kayo de Pajero pa mga p***** i** kayo. Binigyan kayo knowing that there is a principle of separation between Church and State. It was sheerly, purely graft and corruption because you did not deserve it," Duterte said.

"You cannot use property or money for your comfort. Hindi ‘yan para inyo para sa gobyerno but you had the gall. Kung kayo ang magkamali, okay lang. So bakit kaming mga nasa gobyerno na pwede ninyong sabihin, kayo ganoon ito," he added. 

Duterte then recommended to read Altar of Secrets by the late journalist Aries Rufo.

"Basahin ninyo. Homosexuality, scandal, lahat na," Duterte said. 

"O kami na ngayon ang magtanong. Katoliko man ako. Anong ginagawa ninyo sa pera? Anong gawin ninyo kabaklaan ninyo diyan sa mga seminaryo ninyo? Anong pinaggagawa ninyo sa mga bata noon? Did you investigate us? Mga l**** kayo," he added.
 
"Kayong mga Katoliko isipin ninyo ‘yan. Ano bang itinulong ng relihiyon sa inyo?,"Duterte said.
 
Letter to Pope 

On Wednesday, Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. delivered a letter to Pope Francis in Vatican from Duterte to express his gratitude for visiting the Philippines in January 2015.

In a Facebook post by Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Jesus Dureza, he said he asked Pope to the bless the Philippines when they met at the Vatican.

He said the Pope answered that he would also bless Duterte. -NB, GMA News