Miriam Santiago on ‘Worthy of the Fires of Hell’ Statement by Fr. Arevalo: "I was born this way."
Senator-Judge Miriam Defensor-Santiago found another enemy in the ongoing impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.
In his homily at the historic Our Lady of Edsa Shrine yesterday, March 3, during the First Saturday Mass in honor of the Blessed Mother, Fr. Catalino Arevalo, spiritual adviser of the late President Corazon Aquino, said Santiago should issue a public apology for repeatedly berating the House prosecutors in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.
“If you call anybody ‘you fool,’ you are worthy of the fires of hell. And she called them gago, which is Filipino for fool, before millions of people,” the priest said.
“I did not say that. Jesus said that,” Fr. Arevalo added.
The priest did not particularly mention the name of lady Senator but when asked by Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fr. Arevalo’s clearly gave a hint on Santiago.
“Well, that was before millions of people. So she is, in conscience, bound to make a formal apology before millions of people if God will forgive her. That’s the teaching of Jesus. You don’t do that, and if you do that, you have to retract it by making a formal apology before millions of people, otherwise you remain worthy of the fires of hell,” Fr. Arevalo said.
Meanwhile, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago sees no need to apologize, or have a makeover.
In her recent radio interview, Santiago told her critics she will stay the way she is.
“They want me to change my personality. Hindi na possible ‘yan because I was born this way eh,” Santiago said.
In his homily at the historic Our Lady of Edsa Shrine yesterday, March 3, during the First Saturday Mass in honor of the Blessed Mother, Fr. Catalino Arevalo, spiritual adviser of the late President Corazon Aquino, said Santiago should issue a public apology for repeatedly berating the House prosecutors in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.
“If you call anybody ‘you fool,’ you are worthy of the fires of hell. And she called them gago, which is Filipino for fool, before millions of people,” the priest said.
“I did not say that. Jesus said that,” Fr. Arevalo added.
The priest did not particularly mention the name of lady Senator but when asked by Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fr. Arevalo’s clearly gave a hint on Santiago.
“Well, that was before millions of people. So she is, in conscience, bound to make a formal apology before millions of people if God will forgive her. That’s the teaching of Jesus. You don’t do that, and if you do that, you have to retract it by making a formal apology before millions of people, otherwise you remain worthy of the fires of hell,” Fr. Arevalo said.
Meanwhile, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago sees no need to apologize, or have a makeover.
In her recent radio interview, Santiago told her critics she will stay the way she is.
“They want me to change my personality. Hindi na possible ‘yan because I was born this way eh,” Santiago said.
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