Yawning gap between religiosity and ground-zero daily living

I want to applaud the Inquirer’s Jan. 17 editorial (“Devout and dishonest”). It was explicit, hard-hitting and to the point. I admire Inquirer’s courage in saying what it said. But it is the plain truth. It had to be said.

Everyone should be aware of, and very troubled by, the yawning, immense gap between the professed “pakitang tao” religiosity in our country and the ground-zero daily living and practice, and how the Church of Francis plays a blind eye and even, as the editorial pointed out, is in cahoots with the despicable, dishonest and open thievery of our politicians.

As the editorial said, the test of the pudding is in the eating. All such professed devotion and veneration and religiosity and saintliness are meaningless: It is not what is displayed during papal visits but the day-to-day grind in the crucible of daily living. And while the politicians may play blind to this monumental discrepancy, all the neighbors see.

Congratulations, Inquirer! Keep it up!

—DR. BEN CABRAL,

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