Re: The power of the Catholic Church


Sylvia Knörr wrote:
> <joekerr3@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:1137446918.638503.98870@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Sylvia Knörr wrote:
>
> >> Hmm, then why could the Marcos-regime exist for 20 long years? Cardinal
> Sin
> >> could have excommunicated the Marcoses, this would have made them
> >> unacceptable for the bulk of the Pinoy people.
> >> It looks as if the Chatholic Church is only concerned if her own
> influence
> >> zone is endangered, and they make arrangements with every villain as long
> as
> >> their sphere remains untouched.
>
> >Sin did condemn Marcos but, because the US did also he couldn't really
> >go all out for fear of appearing to be an american puppet... so he
> >usually turned on the US!
>
> You suggest that Sin pursued a certain "strategy". That would mean his
> decisions were based on political constellations more than on clerical
> instructions.


Yes and no..... in such countries the two are almost as one.
And there are questions about whether the Vatican felt his position
(marcos") warranted treating him with kid gloves. They have a very long
history of such stances- tho it is usually done in a very private way.
Remember how they helped many Nazis escape the Allies?




> >He also was probably limited by the fact that Marcos was fighting the
> >Muslims in the south and moving large numbers of Christians south (or
> >at least encouraging them to move)- no doubt the church supported such
> >moves. In the end lower ranking priests and nuns took matters out of
> >his hands and forced the issue... Nuns were an important part of EDSA
> >and other demonstrations.
> >The single biggest strength of the Church in Philippine and Latin
> >American history is it's domination of the education system. Until
> >recently in many countries they were the main or even only source of
> >education available, and this made them very powerful and influential.
> >To this day many of the top universities in these areas are Catholic
> >ones! Even in the US their education system is considered very
> >influential even tho it is private!
>
>
> Yes, this could be the most important source of power of the Catholic Church
> in the Philippines and in Latin America - whatever you teach the children
> from a very young age and permanently during all of their formative years,
> will root so deep that they hardly ever grow any doubts about it. To control
> the education system might do more than controlling the media.
>
> Indoctrination Piggy

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