DID the Catholic Church in Iloilo troll President Rodrigo Duterte while he was delivering a speech? Or was it just merely coincidental?
The President was in a middle of a speech when he got interrupted the
church bell.
He was berating the Catholic priests on their alleged illicit affairs
when the bell tolled.
Duterte paused his speech for nearly a minute.
“It’s the tolling of the bells,” the President said, then kept silent for about 45 seconds.
“I do not want to create a scene but you know, I have my duty. I am a
Christian and I believe in God. I respect the tolling of the bells,”
Duterte said.
The tolling of bells, not the first time actually.
Last year, when Duterte graced the closing rites of the MassKara Festivalin Bacolod City, the San Sebastian Cathedral also tolled the church bell.
It drew laughter from the crowd after the President went silent and
listened to the Church bell.
Duterte had repeatedly assailed the Catholic Church for criticizing the
administration’s crackdown on illegal drugs.
But on those times, it was around 6 p.m. and the tolling of the bell is simply reminding the Catholic faithful to pray, The Angelus.
The President then later on clarified that the administration does not
have a policy against the Catholic church.
So, for whom the bell tolls?