Caloocan Bishop Pablo David Urges Filipinos to Pray for Duterte,~ 'A very sick man'

Filipinos should pray for President Rodrigo Duterte for he is a “very sick man,” Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David said Friday.

“I think it should obvious to people by now that our country is being led by a very sick man. We pray for him. We pray for our country,” David said on a Facebook post

This statement of David came after the Duterte blurted out a joke saying;

"Hindi nga natin alam kung sino 'yang mga santo na 'yun. Sino 'yung mga gago na 'yun? Mga lasenggo. Dito na lang kayo. I'll give you a patron. Get hold of a picture of mine. Iyan ang ilagay niyo sa altar, Santo Rodrigo,"

On the same post, David said that there is “nothing new” about saints being called “fools and drunkards”.

“There’s nothing new about our saints being called ‘fools and drunkards’. St John the Baptist was even called ‘devil-possessed’. Jesus himself was called a ‘glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinner’,” he said

“To be a Christian is to be ready to be branded as a ‘fool for Christ’.” David adde

SOURCE: PHILSTAR